Europe Is Going Car-Free

All European cities are becoming car-free and they are desperately
trying to get rid of them. London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Amsterdam,
Rotterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, French and German cities such as Strasbourg,
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Dresden, Leipzig, Freiburg, and Hamburg, Milan, Rome,
Florence, etc. in Italy, all cities in Spain and Portugal, cities in Norway,
Sweden, and Finland (Helsinki's downtown is completely blocked off),
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Athens, all European cities are going car-free.
Europeans are desperately trying to get rid of cars. For example, nearly all
of Amsterdam is blocked off as are sections of Berlin. More of Prague is
being blocked off every day. Car ownership has been outlawed in France,
Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Norway.

There is a string of villages being built in France that are connected
by light rail and the world's first car-free cities are being planned for
the Netherlands. Gruningen is one being built from an already-existing city
and one is being built just outside of Amsterdam. Motorways in western
Europe are being ripped up and train tracks put in their place.

Freiberg, Germany is another car-free city and so is Lyon, France. In
the United States, cities on the East Coast and in the Pacific Northwest
have similar plans. A car-free city called Christopher's Landing is planned
for Arizona. Soon all cities in the US will be car-free as well. Vancouver,
British Columbia has also become car-free.

Santa Monica, California is making plans for a car-free city as is
Honolulu, Hawaii. Other cities in Europe that are switching to car-free
living include Vienna, Budapest, Madrid, and Toulouse. This is all part of a
larger European trend toward simpler, non-materialisic living, or voluntary
simplicity. Europeans and a growing number of Americans know of the local,
national, and international problems materialism (cars included) causes, as
well as the social, economic, and environmental problems. In eastern
European countries such as Romania lots of people live simply. Mongolia,
Tibet, Colombia, and the American Southwest and in Pennsylvania, too. They
don't have cars.

Sources:

http://www.carfree.com
http://www.carbusters.org
European Union and European city websites
American and Canadian city websites
Yahoo! News: Science: Environment and Nature category
Yahoo! News: Urban Sprawl category
Various car-free articles under Yahoo! news
misc.transport.road newsgroup
city planners in America and Europe
European newspapers
City of Berkeley, California website
European anti-auto sites

All articles are current.

Europeans are desperate to get rid of cars. Europe will become
car-free and Europeans know it because it is a fact.

Seems to be cars under my window every day and jus now,too. Only during
some celebrations part of the Helsinki's city is blocked off
Raimo

, and Finland (Helsinki's downtown is completely blocked off),

On 14 Dec 2003 02:03:14 -0800, (Joey Jolley)
wrote:

All European cities are becoming car-free

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At least get a NEW troll!

Gordon

On 14 Dec 2003 02:03:14 -0800, (Joey Jolley)
wrote:

All European cities are becoming car-free [...]

Eat ****, assmunch. Go sod off somewhere else, and make this
newsgroup troll-free.
--
Nobody You Know

This is the situation in Rome, Italy:

generally cars cannot go to the heart of Rome, which is called ZTL
Zona Traffico Limitato.

Only taxi, limousines and public buses can go to the heart of Rome.
Of course, also residents in the ZTL can go to their home by car.

If you rent a self-driven car, you cannot go to the heart of Rome.

Sincerely,

Mario
www.idealimousines.com
Italy


(Joey Jolley) wrote in message . com...
All European cities are becoming car-free and they are desperately
trying to get rid of them. London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Amsterdam,
Rotterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, French and German cities such as Strasbourg,
Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Dresden, Leipzig, Freiburg, and Hamburg, Milan, Rome,
Florence, etc. in Italy, all cities in Spain and Portugal, cities in Norway,
Sweden, and Finland (Helsinki's downtown is completely blocked off),
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Athens, all European cities are going car-free.
Europeans are desperately trying to get rid of cars. For example, nearly all
of Amsterdam is blocked off as are sections of Berlin. More of Prague is
being blocked off every day. Car ownership has been outlawed in France,
Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Norway.

There is a string of villages being built in France that are connected
by light rail and the world's first car-free cities are being planned for
the Netherlands. Gruningen is one being built from an already-existing city
and one is being built just outside of Amsterdam. Motorways in western
Europe are being ripped up and train tracks put in their place.

Freiberg, Germany is another car-free city and so is Lyon, France. In
the United States, cities on the East Coast and in the Pacific Northwest
have similar plans. A car-free city called Christopher's Landing is planned
for Arizona. Soon all cities in the US will be car-free as well. Vancouver,
British Columbia has also become car-free.

Santa Monica, California is making plans for a car-free city as is
Honolulu, Hawaii. Other cities in Europe that are switching to car-free
living include Vienna, Budapest, Madrid, and Toulouse. This is all part of a
larger European trend toward simpler, non-materialisic living, or voluntary
simplicity. Europeans and a growing number of Americans know of the local,
national, and international problems materialism (cars included) causes, as
well as the social, economic, and environmental problems. In eastern
European countries such as Romania lots of people live simply. Mongolia,
Tibet, Colombia, and the American Southwest and in Pennsylvania, too. They
don't have cars.

Sources:

http://www.carfree.com
http://www.carbusters.org
European Union and European city websites
American and Canadian city websites
Yahoo! News: Science: Environment and Nature category
Yahoo! News: Urban Sprawl category
Various car-free articles under Yahoo! news
misc.transport.road newsgroup
city planners in America and Europe
European newspapers
City of Berkeley, California website
European anti-auto sites

All articles are current.

Europeans are desperate to get rid of cars. Europe will become
car-free and Europeans know it because it is a fact.

(Mario) wrote in message om...
This is the situation in Rome, Italy:
generally cars cannot go to the heart of Rome, which is called ZTL
Zona Traffico Limitato.

London is attempting something similar. Not as a goal of removing
all cars, but to limit the numbers of cars to a managable amount
for the capacity of the existing road system.

Only taxi, limousines and public buses can go to the heart of Rome.
Of course, also residents in the ZTL can go to their home by car.

"Generally" being the key word. The exceptiosn aboutnd.
Residents including those temporarily residing at a local
hotel inside that zone. I believe folks who work inside the
zone can also drive there. Folks with regular business inside
of the zone can also get passes to drive within the zone. (At
least all of this was true a few years ago). This is far from
"car free". In essence these rules are in place for exactly the
opposite reason.


If you rent a self-driven car, you cannot go to the heart of Rome.

Sincerely,

Mario
www.idealimousines.com
Italy

(me) wrote in message m...
(Mario) wrote in message om...
This is the situation in Rome, Italy:
generally cars cannot go to the heart of Rome, which is called ZTL
Zona Traffico Limitato.

London is attempting something similar. Not as a goal of removing
all cars, but to limit the numbers of cars to a managable amount
for the capacity of the existing road system.

Only taxi, limousines and public buses can go to the heart of Rome.
Of course, also residents in the ZTL can go to their home by car.

"Generally" being the key word. The exceptiosn aboutnd.
Residents including those temporarily residing at a local
hotel inside that zone. I believe folks who work inside the
zone can also drive there. Folks with regular business inside
of the zone can also get passes to drive within the zone. (At
least all of this was true a few years ago). This is far from
"car free". In essence these rules are in place for exactly the
opposite reason.


If you rent a self-driven car, you cannot go to the heart of Rome.

Sincerely,

Mario
www.idealimousines.com
Italy


I thought all of Rome was car-free.