Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coronavirus

Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by pietrovismara on Sunday April 26, 2020 @04:35AM (#22985581)

Are you talking about Mariahilferstraße? If yes it's really good now, can't believe there was resistance to make it pedestrian-first. Hard to imagine how much less livable was the area with regular car traffic.

One thing that puzzles me, living in Vienna as an expat, is how much the average Austrian cared about banning smoke in bars/restaurants/etc (which is fine, don't get me wrong) but how little they do about car smog.

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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by bootloop on Sunday April 26, 2020 @06:51AM (#22986193)

Yes, I meant the Mahü.

1908 - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Mariahil...

2006 - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Mariahil...

Today - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Wien_07_...

Smoking was definitely the much bigger problem. The average Austrian, if he doesn't life in Vienna, is simply not confronted with smog. I guess what helps tremendously to cover up the smog problem is they constant wind we have. Honestly I only realized that it could be a lot better after my London visit. Until then I only have seen cities which were much worse then Vienna w.r.t smog.

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Re:Europe’s cities are making less room for cars after coron... by ChuckNorris89 on Sunday April 26, 2020 @02:26PM (#22989030)

>The average Austrian, if he doesn't life in Vienna, is simply not confronted with smog.

"coughs in Graz smog"

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