jens, 9 months ago

@davidzipper I had the pleasure of visiting Pontevedra a few weeks ago. Just in case this is unclear: the city banned cars from its historic center.

You can still drive there if you have an appropriate permit, such as for renovations or similar work, and for deliveries.

You can still drive near the center and park your car there.

In reality, this isn't much different from what in Germany is called a Fußgängerzone, except...

... the surrounding area is limited to 20 or 30 km/h, too.

jens, 9 months ago

@davidzipper The point isn't to discredit the idea in any way. It's to state clearly and unequivocally that we do this a lot in Europe, and everyone's been happy with it.

When people talk about banning cars from cities, it sounds as if this is a radical thing. It's not. It's just doing a little more than we have been doing for decades.

So we can do that little more everywhere. And we can do a little more than that, too.

(Fußgängerzone = pedestrian zone)