@hubertknust Was sagt es über Konservative aus, dass diese das Märchen der autogerechten Einkaufsstadt, immer noch kaufen, obwohl doch mittlerweile jedes Kind verstanden hat, dass menschengerechte, lebenswerte Innenstädte und Stadtteilzentren die Grundlage für florierenden Einzelhandel und Einkaufserlebnisse sind und Parkmöglichkeiten (für PKW) dafür nachrangig, wenn nicht kontraproduktiv sind.

#Bildungsdefizit
#CarsRuinCities
#BetterWithoutCars
#CarFreeCity
#MehrPlatzFürsRad

@footsteps
Between IKEA and Bay Street, it will be interesting to see #CarFreeCity changes after decades of pro-car development in Emeryville

@mattjhodgkinson Now if only Cambridge city extended the proposal to weekends, when air pollution reaches absurd levels on the streets leading to the Grand Arcade parking, in addition to multi-kilometre long traffic jams.
Cambridge city has a conflict of interest with that parking, which it owns, and a legal problem with the commitment to supply parking to the John Lewis department store above. Until this resolves, I remain doubtful any measures will have much impact.
#CarFreeCity

@mattjhodgkinson “each kilometre cycled benefits society to the tune of €0.64, each kilometre driven incurs a net loss of -€0.71, when impacts on individual wellbeing (physical and mental health, accidents, traffic) and the environment (climate, air and noise pollution) are accounted for. So each kilometre travelled where a car is replaced by a bicycle generates €1.35 of social benefits–of which only a few cents would be saved by switching… to an electric-powered car”
#CarFreeCity

Congestion charges are the most effective way to reduce urban car use:
https://theconversation.com/12-best-ways-to-get-cars-out-of-cities-ranked-by-new-research-180642

If you don’t like the proposed #Cambridge #CongestionCharge for the Sustainable Transport Zone, but you agree we must reduce car use to lower climate impacts and lessen air pollution, then:

1) Suggest changes to the proposal to make it more equitable and/or practical; and/or

2) Lobby for other policies, e.g. fewer parking spaces, more car-free streets, and resident-only traffic zones.
#CarFreeCity

@davewalker This is a paywalled article in Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, about the trend that several estates in downtown #Oslo are used as showrooms for EVs. Your illustration could fit right into the article! https://www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/3EM06e/den-nye-bilbutikk-boomen

#ElectricVehicles #CarFreeCity