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I used to live near Boston and work in Boston. Traffic patterns there defy all logic until you think about the fact that the city was laid out before cars and s

I used to live near Boston and work in Boston. Traffic patterns there defy all logic until you think about the fact that the city was laid out before cars and so it’s not sized for cars, and definitely not delivery trucks. My suggestion is to remove cars altogether from that city. Like you aren’t allowed to drive a car into the city limits and delivery trucks are only allowed on certain days or hours (mail being treated separately). Then replace the Green line and a large number of streets with covered moving walkways and the rest with walk paths and bicycle lanes. Would the city economy suffer? Maybe. Would it be a more pleasant place to live and work? I think so.

ryukafalz 5y ago
> Would the city economy suffer? Maybe. Would it be a more pleasant place to live and work? I think so. The results of some European cities doing basically this suggest that the city economy likely wouldn't really suffer (and in fact could improve in many cases). That said you don't need to completely eliminate cars; blocking through traffic and severely restricting car parking can have much the same effect. If you can take a direct route on foot/by bike but have to take a more circuitous route by car, more people will do the former.