It appears that the EU is studying the possibility of banning cars from the city centers across Europe over the next few decades.
As I do not drive, for me this is actually quite interesting and positive news, as I believe cities will be much more attractive without all the massive traffic that usually floats around. I do believe however that this will be a major setback at all levels if it is not done properly and taking into account a number of factors that will allow for life to flow as normal without cars.
If they prepare the cities to have proper and frequent public transportation networks at a price that is accessible to all, if they manage to come up with plans on how to supply cities with the minimum possible impact, if they ensure that there are enough parking solutions and at affordable costs to the car owners to leave their cars in the outskirts during the day, then we can make a smooth transaction to car-free city centers, otherwise chaos and misery will surely come our way!
JSC
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I absolutely agree with every word. The case of Brazil is a “funny” story related to this. A part of my family live and travel a lot to Brazil, especially to Sao Paulo. The transport and the traffic look like chaos still, but they had regulation more then 8 years ago. Cars must not used in the downtown with 1 and 2 numbers at the end of the License plate numbers on Monday, 3 and 4 on Tuesday, 5 and 6 on Wednesday, 7 and 8 on Thursday, 9 and 0 on Friday and no limitation at the weekends and on high days. How did it effect the traffic? Every family has bought two more cars! Maybe, It is not that funny, rather sad…
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