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> Still, cars are everywhere. I don't think cars will ever disappear, they're useful in many ways. But saying "cars are everywhere" in NL seems a bit of an ove
by lucideer 5y ago
> Still, cars are everywhere.
I don't think cars will ever disappear, they're useful in many ways. But saying "cars are everywhere" in NL seems a bit of an overstatement, no? Cars are so much less dominant in NL than in other European countries (even Denmark).
> try everything to make the life of car owners miserable
Are they miserable because of inherent challenges of car ownership that other countries try to mitigate or is it really municipalities actively causing their misery?
- baud147258 5y ago> Are they miserable because of inherent challenges of car ownership that other countries try to mitigate or is it really municipalities actively causing their misery? Can't really talk for the NL, but for Paris, it really seems like the municipality is trying to make drivers miserable, while not improving the situation for everyone else
- lucideer 5y agoCan you expand on this? What are the municipality doing exactly that is causing misery? If it's just removing an amenity that was previously taken for granted, then I really don't think that necessarily applies.
- aequitas 5y ago> But saying "cars are everywhere" in NL seems a bit of an overstatement, no? Except for cities with pedestrian only centers, cars are everywhere here. In some bigger cities there are certainly some people that go around without cars as they have everything they need close by and good public transport. But most of they (especially just outside of the city center) have at least one car in their household. Car ownership is even growing faster than population: https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2020/10/autopark-groeit-sterker-dan-bevolking https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2020/10/autopark-groeit-ster...