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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. |
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Europe Is Going Car-Free
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), |
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Europe Is Going Car-Free
On 14 Dec 2003 02:03:14 -0800, (Joey Jolley)
wrote: All European cities are becoming car-free snip At least get a NEW troll! Gordon |
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(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 |
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(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. |
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