How can our cities become more liveable? How can they make the air cleaner? How can they deal with rising temperatures due to climate change? How can they create space for a growing population?

All these questions are being asked by urban planners and politicians around the world. And they are remodelling their cities, at breakneck speed: In Paris, Mayor Anne Hidalgo is closing the city motorway on the banks of the Seine and turning it into a promenade. At the same time, air taxis and a doubling of the metro network are to simplify mobility without a car. Eventually people should be able to live, work and shop in their own neighbourhood. No journey should take longer than 15 minutes.

And that's just the beginning: The government in Barcelona under Ada Colau is closing entire neighbourhoods to cars to reduce air pollution. Copenhagen is building cycling motorways that will soon connect cities all over the country. Here, the car will soon be superfluous for business and craftspeople alike. In Berlin, a model city is being built on the site of the former Tegel Airport. Here, too, sharing stations will ultimately make it unnecessary to personally own a car.

The city planners all have one goal in common: create more space for cyclists and pedestrians. But these visionaries are also up against resistance and increasingly long timelines. Is it even possible to build the city of their dreams?

The documentary: "Transforming City Transport" shows pioneering approaches for a successful transport transition in our cities - in Europe and around the world.