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When I worked in a major city I would go on a half-joke rant anytime someone brought up traffic, parking,or obesity. If I were somehow the king of a major city,
by dec0dedab0de 8y ago
When I worked in a major city I would go on a half-joke rant anytime someone brought up traffic, parking,or obesity. If I were somehow the king of a major city, I would have a giant parking lot on the outside, and ban all cars. You could buy day passes if you need access to the roads to move or something, but it would be discouraged. People would walk more, and be healthier, The air would be higher quality, and most importantly you wouldn't have to wait to cross the street when you're walking to lunch.
- i_am_proteus 8y agoAlso, there wouldn't be many lunch options because delivery services wouldn't be able to use cars and trucks.
- jrockway 8y agoNo food delivery in New York uses cars and trucks. They all use ebikes. (Which were illegal for years, but that stopped nobody from using them.)
- GuiA 8y agoHow do the ingredients get to the restaurant for preparation?
- tom_ 8y agoThere are probably different rules for wholesale or commercial deliveries.
- hannasanarion 8y agoDuring special hours of the night when delivery trucks are allowed to use the street.
- vorpalhex 8y agoAnd all the restaurants would have to be on the outside of the city to get their deliveries.
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- kaiju0 8y agoExcellent. This would contribute to health. You want something. Walk to get it.
- dondawest 8y agoSenior citizens love this plan.
- clairity 8y agomaybe just speak for yourself? the seniors i know walk more than the juniors i know. senior folks will happily share their opinions with you, so no need to speak for them.
- CaptainDecisive 8y agoYour comment is interesting because it hadn't even occurred to me that the parent comment might be being sarcastic. I thought the emphasis on love was being serious. My experience is older folks (maybe 80 and up? Not really sure) start to lose confidence or ability with driving and give it up. Hence need to walk and take public transport. So less cars and a more walkable neighborhood is a win for them as well as everybody else :-)
- amanaplanacanal 8y agoI'm only 62 and I hate driving. If I can walk or bike where I'm going, that's my preference by far, modulo whatever the weather is doing. Unfortunately where I live the public transportation is awful, so I end up driving more than I would prefer.
- wccrawford 8y agoIt was sarcastic because many seniors can't walk long distances. The idea that if they want something they "walk to get it" is ridiculous. The missing component is that when you ban cars, you have to have good public transit to replace them, especially for the elderly and disabled.
- CalRobert 8y agoWhich is why there's no restaurants in Venice.
- wang_li 8y agoIt's going to be tough to retrofit canals into all major cities.
- yardie 8y agoSo restaurants, bars, and taverns didn't exist until after the automobile was invented. Got it!
- csours 8y agoI think this comment deserves a Michelin Star! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Guide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelin_Guide Hint: Why would a tire company put out a restaurant guidebook?
- arethuza 8y agoIsn't a "giant parking lot on the outside" a Park and Ride? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_and_ride https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_and_ride They can work pretty well if you have good transport (e.g. trams/rail) from the Park and Ride into your city.
- gerry_shaw 8y agoThat's exactly what the plan looks like at http://www.carfree.com http://www.carfree.com
- amedvednikov 8y agoYou got my vote!
- piffey 8y agoYou may be interested in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_car-free_places https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_car-free_places About a decade ago I remember being in some city in France (Bordeaux maybe? Bayonne maybe?) while studying there and the city center was demo'ing a car free plan. There were parking lots for delivery trucks outside delivery hours (when they had street access, 0200-0400 or something) then bikes would come and ferry things in. I remember being shocked at how great it all worked. Not sure if it's still in place, but I'd love to see more of that here in the States. The noise reduction alone was worth it.
- ropeilin 8y agoAre you talking about Venice?
- francisofascii 8y agoOslo created or is creating a car free section of the city.