People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities–Until They Live in One

Re:People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities–Until They Live i... by Manuel_D on Monday December 26, 2022 @12:24PM (#34139657)

Right, and those cities were miniscule by today's standards, and their municipal services were terrible. How many times did London burn down before the 20th century? How effective was medieval London's emergency medical services?

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Re:People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities–Until They Live i... by JCharante on Monday December 26, 2022 @02:14PM (#34140748)

> those cities were miniscule by today's standards

Rome had a million people in it 100 BC. There were still large cities. Also most large cities today (Tokyo, Shanghai, London, Paris, New York) have strong public transport systems and most people don't need cars. So you can have large cities where most people live a car-free lifestyle.

> How many times did London burn down before the 20th century?

I think fire codes being enforced & developments in building techniques helped reduced fires, not just that we can drive fire trucks to situations.

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Re:People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities–Until They Live i... by pkphilip on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @10:08AM (#34149299)

They had horse carts then. People weren't cycling to get around. A car is simply a horse cart without the cart and occupies about the same amount of space

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