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I'm not sure how this might work considering the fact that trucks are taking stuff to and from Manhattan businesses and homes almost 24/7. Barcelona might be a
by sotojuan 10y ago
I'm not sure how this might work considering the fact that trucks are taking stuff to and from Manhattan businesses and homes almost 24/7. Barcelona might be a city, but it's scale and density is nowhere near that of New York.
Perhaps I can see this being tested in another borough in an area with lower density.
- cmyr 10y agoI always find it surprising when people, imagining some large change, pick on some current reality and how it would have trouble fitting into the imagined future as some sort of indictment of that future. I would suggest that roads closed to most vehicle traffic would be open to delivery trucks, like in most old european town centres, and or delivery is made by smaller vehicles. In the long-term, I can imagine a new model of city infrastructure that allows easy small-scale delivery with some standardized container system and small electric vehicles.
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoThey aren't even suggesting that the interior streets be completely closed, just that the speed limit be reduced to 5 mph and pedestrians be given priority. That would make them unattractive if you are trying to get all the way through the block, but if you are trying to drive up to a building inside the block it would only be a minor inconvenience.