Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?
by Razengan on Thursday October 17, 2019 @04:29AM
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You are assuming all cultures/societies to be the same.
Re:What happens when a city bans cars from its streets?
by jakecopp on Thursday October 17, 2019 @04:44AM
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Could you elaborate which points would differ between cultures?
If one is choosing to live in a city, they are willing to be surrounded by other people in their daily life.
I don't think anyone is advocating banning/reducing cars in suburbia.
- If you keep some (inverse of most) streets open to a small amount of traffic (Like Barcelona's superblocks [1]), the elderly and those with disabilities are still mobile.
- Why is privacy needed when travelling? Do you require a private enclosure around you when you are walking? I've met many interesting people from all walks of life while cycling and on public transport that I wouldn't have had the chance to meet otherwise, just like I meet people when on foot. Car free streets provide many more interesting street restaurants/businesses for such activities you describe.
- Travelling with the whole family on a train or cycling is pretty good. For example, in Sydney the seats of most of our trains flip so you can have up to 6 people facing each other.
Though I am excited for self driving cars because we won't need so much parking!
[1]: https://theconversation.com/superblocks-are-transforming-bar...