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A comment on Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish traffic from center.

Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by anonymousDan on Saturday October 06, 2018 @10:44AM (#18155378)
It's very noticeable how pleasant Madrid is to wander around even currently in comparison to other big European cities. Cars seem well confined to certain streets and everywhere else is very quiet (in terms of traffic) in comparison.
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Re:Madrid announces new rules of the road in bid to banish t... by davidgould on Saturday October 06, 2018 @10:38PM (#18158574)
I spent several days walking around Madrid about a decade ago. Compared even to the SF area cars were much less obtrusive. Most street level views were not completely blocked with cars. I as amazed when I got back how even potentially beautiful cityscapes here are cluttered up with cars - as if "used car lot" was our aesthetic ideal.

So I'm really glad to seem them take this even further.

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