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Try visiting one of the European city centers that has disallowed cars—it is a remarkable experience for a variety of reasons: 1. The quiet—you can call to som
by yowzadave 2y ago
Try visiting one of the European city centers that has disallowed cars—it is a remarkable experience for a variety of reasons:
1. The quiet—you can call to somebody on the other side of the street and they will hear you!
2. Visibility—walking down a street with no street parking is a completely different experience, you can see all of the storefronts, all of the pedestrians, etc.
3. Mobility—you feel total freedom as a pedestrian; cross the street wherever you want, no need to worry that you'll get plowed over by a car.
- atonse 2y agoBut for the city centers that have disallowed cars, sure, as a pedestrian that's nice. But how about for restaurants needing supplies and others needing a vehicle to get in there? I actually like the idea of superblocks like they have in Barcelona. They were wonderful. They seem like a highly pragmatic solution where you can have a mix of pedestrian friendly zones and still allow for vehicles (and in some cities, in the pedestrian friendly zones, only EV delivery vehicles are allowed). This kind of stuff to me seems more pragmatic than the general sentiment that cars are bad.
- Timon3 2y agoCity centres that disallow cars do have restaurants. No need for hypotheticals - you can just look at how they are already solving these problems. A common approach, for example, is to allow deliveries up to a certain time, e.g. 11AM.