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Yes, it is. Cars are killing our neighborhoods and our communities, they rip apart municipalities and are so horribly inefficient. In a nearby city they repla
by esarbe 5y ago
Yes, it is.
Cars are killing our neighborhoods and our communities, they rip apart municipalities and are so horribly inefficient.
In a nearby city they replaced a 6-lane street with a tram line seamed by trees, walkways in both directions and plenty of bushes and shrubberies animals. It now has double the carrying capacity.
It's also astounding how much quieter it has become. Its barely above 70 dBa anymore.
Cars need to disappear from our cities.
- SantalBlush 5y agoIt's particularly sad to see local residents trying to cross several lanes of busy traffic just to get to the other side of a street. Sometimes it's like watching a game of Frogger. When the pandemic began, our city closed off a section of downtown street and turned it into an outdoor eating area. It looks much better and makes shopping easier. I don't see the city ever changing it back, because the new area is getting a ton of use.
- legerdemain 5y agoHere in Silicon Valley (Palo Alto), we finally removed a pedestrian street after being forced into creating it by COVID. The experiment lasted from last fall until this October, and both business leaders and local residents are extremely happy to see cars on University Avenue again. The pedestrian area was unsightly and busy, and left limited room for parking. Businesses suffered without traffic. Residents were upset when passing traffic was displaced into their neighborhoods. The pedestrian zone was a reasonable experiment, but it failed and we need to admit that it failed.
- esarbe 5y agoThis sounds like it was very badly executed. No wonder people are unhappy. I'm terribly sorry you don't get to enjoy a car-less city as well. Let's hope that with renewed efforts come better successes.