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> Cities existed before without cars and I suspect they will exist again after they leave. Sucks that I had to live in the time period with them. I find it int
by duchenne 8y ago
> Cities existed before without cars and I suspect they will exist again after they leave. Sucks that I had to live in the time period with them.
I find it interesting that many people don't realize that city with cars have exisited for a very long time. Romans did not pave roads all over Europe just to make it more comfortable for pedestrians.
The only difference is that back then, cars where horse-powered. As a result, they were more smelly, poluting, and noisy than now. Also, many farmers, artisans, shop-owner did have cars to transport goods.
But, the traffic became really dense only when the population became really dense during the 19th century. The first traffic light was in London in 1868. I have read 19th century articles complaining about traffic jams and bad driver behavior in Paris.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Romans did not pave roads all over Europe just to make it more comfortable for pedestrians. No, they did it because paving makes roads comparatively weather proof and it sucks to try to maintain a continent spanning empire by military force if rain cuts your lines of movement and supply, not for comfort.
- duchenne 8y agoYes, but it did also facilitate transport of military equipements and commercial goods using wagons. Sorry, my "just" was not intended to be ironic. Roads were also important for pedestrians.
- kiliantics 8y agoA horse-drawn chariot is nowhere near as noisy and air-polluting as a 4-lane highway or a gridlocked inner city intersection with horns blowing
- blattimwind 8y agoOne horse-drawn chariot definitely makes more noise than one car, even when the car goes faster.