Carless
Are you a fan of car-free zones in cities? Pedestrianisation of urban space is a growing trend – and the benefits are enormous: healthier citizens, lower carbon, increased productivity and stimulated retailers. Hamburg is planning a 17,000-acre system of ‘greenways’ and Oslo has replaced more than 700 curbside parking spots with bike-lanes, plants, tiny parks and benches. Barcelona has car-free superblocks, Ghent has 35 hectares closed to vehicular traffic and Madrid and Copenhagen have carless downtown shopping areas. It’s not just big cities: York in the UK (population 150,000) plans to go car-free by 2023. With cars, less is more.
— Wayne Visser
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