Life in the Spanish city that banned cars

Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by ummonk on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @11:28AM (#18016092)

To live within reasonable walking / public transport distance of my workplace in SF, I'd be paying about a thousand dollars a month more in rent. If you don't want me to commute in from the suburb, build more housing in the city and bring down market rent there.

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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by Sharlin on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @05:30PM (#18027876)

Sure, that's exactly what urbanists are trying to do. But they're prevented by NIMBYs and car-centric regulations, like mandatory minimum parking spaces per inhabitant.

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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by liveoneggs on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @11:43AM (#18016215)

how about they just charge you really high tolls and congestion tax instead? ;)

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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by thousandautumns on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:02PM (#18016994)

Thereby driving up demand for living downtown, further driving up rent? Excellent solution.

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Re:Life in the Spanish city that banned cars by Karrot_Kream on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @05:25PM (#18019289)

Or encouraging people to take the train into SF. Of course, not everyone has a convenient train option because the patchwork of cities makes it incredibly difficult to drive a joint transit initiative.

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