There are only 2 American cities among this list of 13 taking steps to reduce use of automotive vehicles. The US is in love with cars, particularly BIG cars, despite emissions and damage to the environment, and the fact that they are responsible for most pedestrian and bicyclist injuries and deaths. Take a look at these cities without cars. Thriving businesses and restaurants, people walking and on bikes, and few if any vehicles. Wow, where do their delivery trucks park?
13 cities that are starting to ban cars
02 Mar 2018 Leanna Garfield
Germany’s highest administrative court ruled that, in an effort to improve urban air quality, cities can ban cars from some streets.
As the NYTimes notes, the ruling could open the floodgates for cities around the country to go car-free.
But German cities are not the only ones getting ready to take the car-free plunge. Urban planners and policy makers around the world have started to brainstorm ways that cities can create more space for pedestrians and lower CO2 emissions from diesel.
Here are 13 cities leading the car-free movement.
Oslo plans to permanently ban all cars from its city center by 2019 — six years before Norway’s country-wide ban would go into effect.
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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/03/13-cities-that-are-starting-to-ban-cars