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Except that cities and towns which have ban vehicles for general use can deal with exceptions, and have dealt with this problem. Some highly economically produ
by learnstats2 9y ago
Except that cities and towns which have ban vehicles for general use can deal with exceptions, and have dealt with this problem.
Some highly economically productive cities in Europe have similar bans on private vehicles in the centre, and function perfectly well.
- jacquesm 9y agoTypically these bans are limited to the inner city or the historic center, there is - outside of some small towns in Switzerland - no major European city that I am aware of that has banned vehicles outright. The towns that have banned vehicles completely that I am aware of are all small and have simply set up a major parking lot right next to the access road into town. For the ones that I am aware of this was a practical thing to do because the streets in winter were already more or less useless due to the snow and the inclined roads so it was a relatively minor step. A nice example of such a town: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saas-Fee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saas-Fee Pop. < 2000, car free since the 1950's.
- spapas82 9y agoAlso, the greek island of Spetses https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spetses https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spetses
- jacquesm 9y agoIslands are pretty good candidates to start this. We have a couple here in NL but the majority have vehicle access through ferries.
- justinv 9y agoSpetses is not car-free per se. You can't bring your car on the island as a visitor - but people who live there can have a car (+ taxis & buses)
- spapas82 9y agoOf course, but cars are not allowed in the town of Spetses where almost all of the population of the island resides. I've been there before some years and it was great! Taxis buses and other cars are used for transportation to remote areas of the island.