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Re:The Greening of Paris Makes Its Mayor More Than a Few Ene... by thedstrat on Sunday October 06, 2019 @02:07PM (#21173705)
I’m jealous. I’ve lived in California oregon and Washington my whole life. You basically can’t walk to most nearby locations because of freeways, interstates, etc. In my current city there’s only two stores I can walk to because I’m walled in by major streets/freeways
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Re:The Greening of Paris Makes Its Mayor More Than a Few Ene... by rvanlaar on Monday October 07, 2019 @03:35AM (#21178359)
To be clear, there is no way to pass those streets/freeways on foot or by bike? As in no pedestrian crossing?

That's shitty planning. I've never seen such a place in Europe.

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Re:The Greening of Paris Makes Its Mayor More Than a Few Ene... by avar on Monday October 07, 2019 @07:21AM (#21179536)
There's a lot of amusing YouTube videos of tourists attempting to holiday there without a car, here's a good one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEAVSGYuhCY

This sort of thing exists in Europe too, try walking out of an airport sometime, you can in some countries, but e.g. in Malaga I had to run across a highway because there was literally no way to get out of there otherwise, there simply aren't any footpaths.

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Re:The Greening of Paris Makes Its Mayor More Than a Few Ene... by hdfbdtbcdg on Monday October 07, 2019 @08:36AM (#21180024)
In Copenhagen the airport has bike racks - its a 20 minute cycle to the city center.
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Re:The Greening of Paris Makes Its Mayor More Than a Few Ene... by avar on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:42PM (#21184472)
Sure, and similarly you can easily bike to the airport here in Amsterdam. But let's not jump from "in Europe" to the two cities widely recognized as having the best bicycling infrastructure on the continent. I've spotted somewhat of a trend here on HN of Europeans generalizing about the whole continent based on experiences in a relatively small part of Western Europe.
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Re:The Greening of Paris Makes Its Mayor More Than a Few Ene... by hdfbdtbcdg on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @01:08AM (#21188941)
My comment was meant more in the spirit, "It doesn't have to be like that. There are better solutions".
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