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Lets get cars out of cities. No car in the city centre no car hitting bicycles and pedestrians. Clean air less noise.

• adrianN 4y ago
  That is a process that takes a couple of decades at least. Meanwhile there are things individuals can do to be safer.
  • LightG 4y ago
    Both should be considered, of course.
• misslibby 4y ago
  Problem for elderly and sick people who need cars to get around.
  • pigtailgirl 4y ago
    -- only taxies & buses in the city center would be ideal for me (a city biker) --
  • LightG 4y ago
    Easy exemptions. And if people start abusing that, at least their relatives or random elderly people get out and about for more sightseeing!
    • misslibby 4y ago
      There are a lot of elderly people, though. I know it causes issues. Not saying it can't be solved, but it is naive to say that simply banning cars is always a net plus. Why did people living in the city even buy cars to begin with?
  • Gigachad 4y ago
    Should use a permit system where you have to verify that a car is your only viable option.
  • vetinari 4y ago
    Also tradesmen. The guy fixing your leaaking pipes or broken tiles is not going to bring his equipment or material in the bus or taxi. Or on a bike.
  • adrianN 4y ago
    People can get sufficiently elderly and sick that an electric tricycle would be the best form of transportation for them. In car centric areas they are usually confined to their homes in these cases.
    • misslibby 4y ago
      What do you mean, those old people's motor rollers? I am not convinced.
      • adrianN 4y ago
        There are bicycles with three wheels. There are also electric bicycles with three wheels. They require neither effort nor balance to ride, make a rather large part of the city accessible if proper infrastructure exists, and they have storage capacity, e.g. for groceries.
        • misslibby 4y ago
          I don't see any elderly people using them. Nice thought, but I am not convinced.
          • notacoward 4y ago
            How many elderly people do you see at all? If you think about it, you might realize there are several explanations other than "nobody uses those things"
            • misslibby 4y ago
              I live in a big city, so I see a lot of elderly people. But especially the ones who are not mobile anymore you probably see less. If they were using those tricycle things, I would certainly see them at least some times.
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• gotstad 4y ago
  That's neither feasible nor required. Copenhagen still has cars in city centre - personally I drive my bike 95% of the time, but sometimes I need to use my car. However, I much prefer my bike because it's faster, less troublesome, infrastructure is great and the exercise helps. Create incentives for biking, but don't outlaw cars.
  • ninesnines 4y ago
    I agree with you, I don't think we should ban cars, however making it very difficult to have cars in the city would help! I bike in Copenhagen almost 100% of the time, and its actually so much more difficult to get around by car. I do think cars should be banned in downtown-downtown though or at least have extremely harsh reinforcement: there is no reason for the rich businessman to be driving his Porsche at 120 km/h down a back road near where everyone cycles.
    • Beltalowda 4y ago
      > there is no reason for the rich businessman to be driving his Porsche at 120 km/h down a back road near where everyone cycles. In my experience it's not the "rich businessman" but the "boy racer" with his Audi or VW Golf that are the most common problem.
  • scoofy 4y ago
    The best way to do this is create quadrants in cities that have one-way in and out for automobiles, but public transit, bikes and pedestrians can move freely between. In this way, cars can use the streets if they are indeed going to that area, but cannot move through the areas as a means to avoid roads meant to carry vehicles across town. The city that exemplifies this is Groningen, Netherlands, and the superblock concept in Barcelona.
• paulnpace 4y ago
  With such policies you will quickly discover there are many more health conditions that preclude riding a bicycle than you were previously aware. For example, middle-aged and older men who suffer variously different prostate-related conditions that aren't usually discussed. (Please don't tell me about special bicycle seats.)
  • Beltalowda 4y ago
    Once the number of cars is reduced significantly, it will be much easier and cheaper to have really good public transport, since there aren't so many cars on the road any more. And we save costs due to less road maintenance (which is really expensive), no need to build new bridges/roads to solve traffic jams, lower health care costs, less time spent (i.e. money wasted) sitting in traffic jams, lower environmental costs, and you can put that in public infrastructure. I think it's good to be mindful of these kind of issues: for all their downsides, cars can give great personal freedom and I think it's good to think how that can be maintained, but it's not like cars are the only way these problems can be solved.