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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by foobar1962 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @04:59PM (#21275607)
> I predict that in 50-100 years we'll look back on the age of the automobile as one of the biggest mistakes in urban planning.

No need to wait that long, the regret is felt already. Sydney ripped up its extensive tram network in the 1950s and 1960s to improve the roads for cars. Remnants of the infrastructure remain: cuttings through rocky, hilly areas in particular. My mother (in her 90s now) talks about taking the tram to Bondi.

Melbourne was smart enough to keep their tram network.

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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by megaremote on Thursday October 17, 2019 @12:32AM (#21278928)
They tried in Melbourne too. A few people stood up and fought to save them, like Robert Risson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Risson

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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by jdnenej on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:55AM (#21279559)
The people I know from Melbourne absolutely love the trams as well and talk shit about how awful it is to get around Sydney
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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets? by thelittleone on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:05PM (#21277012)
Isn’t it ironic that trams are about to start running again in Sydney.
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