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I love how we got into this personal vehicle mindset. Cities are struggling with heat islands, a tremendous lack of biodiversity, and space for the most central
by purefrost 4y ago
I love how we got into this personal vehicle mindset. Cities are struggling with heat islands, a tremendous lack of biodiversity, and space for the most central animal in the city, the citizens. You see that all over the place in LA, SF, basically the whole West Coast, but the same holds true for the rest of the megacities in the US. The reliance on personal vehicles (and in some cities > 1 per head) will, in the end, bite us badly - and many city administrators already realize that. In Europe (I know, we’re all stupid and socialists), cities such as Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Berlin, and Vienna are reducing car-parking to reach an eventual 0 in the city.
I agree that EV will be the future, but I doubt that, especially with the rate of urbanization that we have, private vehicles is what we will be talking about 20 years down the line.
Cities will need to focus on the 15-minute concept (reach all your necessary socio-economic points of interest in 15 minutes, no matter where you live) as well as public transport (and it’s equal distribution !!).
So I think, what people are talking about little is the advances in public transportation and centralized city logistics. Sure, EV fleets all the way, but also answers of how to get people and goods from A-B in a car-free environment will be of increasing importance.