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Creating Car Free Cities

Posted by michael on from the shoe-leather dept.

Silas writes "CarFree.com is a great site that "proposes a delightful solution to the vexing problem of urban automobiles." The site presents a fascinating, detailed proposal for a major city (1 million people in 100 square miles) that doesn't require the use of cars. This isn't a new concept; a lot of the ideas are modeled off of major car free cities in Europe (like Venice)." The page on Morocco is fascinating.

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  1. this is stupid by VaXiNaToR · · Score: 0, Redundant

    this is one of the lamest dumbest things i have ever heard. First off car free cities have to be small. Second, the number of mass transit stops makes it just as crowded as it does with cars. Besids, the subway won't let me take my kayak on the train so I think I will keep my car. Also, how are delievers made?

  2. Re:Whew! by Captain+Pooh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    If only NYC and others followed with some awesome inovations.

    In New York we have the subway which is way better then getting around with a car, and is pollution free. I'm talking about the trains themselves, I don't know about the stations.

  3. Re:forget the cars by Gortbusters.org · · Score: 0, Redundant

    True, there are extremes. The Ford Excursion versus the Toyota RAV4. A big cadillac versus a new hybrid car.

    I guess I was generalizing because I see more of the big ones than the little ones on the road.

    Canyonero!

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  4. Re:Whew! by leviramsey · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Never been to NYC or Boston, have you?

    You're fucking insane if you want to drive in either city (especially downtown). In the case of Boston, the ancient street layout (laid out by cows in the 17th century) makes automobiles hugely impractical. Of course most Bostonians (especially the richer ones, who live in the South End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, and (using a term coined by my father when he was at Codman & Company which is gaining in acceptance in Boston) Midtown) walk, taking the T only when it's raining or snowing. The only thing Boston needs is a 24-hour T, but that will never happen because that's what they do in Noo Yawk, and anything that Noo Yawk does is stupid and wrong.

    New York, of course, has one of the most extensive subway systems in the world. Most of the residents use the subway instead.