Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?
by acdha on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @09:17PM
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That sounds like more vehicle miles in downtown areas which are already severely congested. A large part of the problem is that cars are the least spatially-efficient form of transportation: having them drive more miles at peak times isn’t going to work unless we see huge improvements elsewhere, which seems unlikely.
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Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?
by jdnenej on Thursday October 17, 2019 @03:00AM
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What could be a more realistic option is electric velomobiles (a recumbent bike with an outer shell) which have a capacity of one person and a few bags. You get the benefit of weather protection and convenient speed while being extremely safe and space efficient.
Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?
by acdha on Thursday October 17, 2019 @08:46AM
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I think there’s a lot of room in the e-bike space but don’t forget transit even if it’s not cool enough to get VCs interested. If the city planners do their jobs competently few things beat a bus in a priority lane for getting a large number of people around a city quickly with low to no CO2 emissions.