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A researcher asked 10 people to go car-free for 20 days. None wanted to continue (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
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Article about an experiment from Brisbane, Australia.

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[–] 95 points 7 months ago* (14 children)

The same was done in Vienna. People did not use their car for 3 months.

Results

  • 2/3 could imagine living without a car
  • 25% have sold or are planning to sell their car

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  • [–] 23 points 7 months ago (13 children)

    Considering it was founded, like, 2000 years ago, that isn't really surprising. Turns out, being a pedestrian in a city which was established in a millennium when being a pedestrian was the norm is quite easy compared to the same effort in much more recent municipalities. Have you ever really paid attention to the plot of Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Fair point. We even maintained our 2000 year old skyscrapers here.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    But you forget, that we're living in forest cities with exploding trees!

    That this idiot even got a single vote is beyond me...but well, who am I to talk with Kickl promoting the same kind of xenophobia.
    But I'm getting a bit off topic, although all those conversatives world wide seem to love to be stuck in their cars in traffic jams...

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Los Angeles was founded in 1781. They didn't have cars then.

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    After World War 2, the Netherlands was bombed to shit, and they rebuilt their cities For The Car! Then in the 90s they realised cars suck, and they started rebuilding their cities for people. Now it's the best country in the world to drive a car, because there are so few cars on the road.

    The moral is, Europe isn't winning at urbanism because their cities are old, they're winning because they're trying hard. Brisbane isn't trying hard.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    This didnt start in the 90's, but in the 60's

    Also, the Netherlands wasn't bombed to shit. There was some bombing here and there with low to moderate damage. Only Rotterdam was pretty much levelled just to make the point during the invasion (and because of a number of other stupid reasons)

    The point though is that, yes, the Netherlands decided that levelling Amsterdam to make it a giant car parking lot was a bad idea and they went full bicycle. And yes, its been the best decision ever.

    Having said that, i live in Vancouver now and they've made some great strides in improving the city for bicycles. If Vancouver can do so, a y other city can do so too..it's just a matter of wanting

    In the Netherlands, this change caused a huge change in architecture as well, because when you restrict cars and push bicycles, you start also making local communities better, making sure that there are smaller local stores, bars, restaurants, within each community, at walking on cycling distances. It has transformed the country over these decades.

    Here in American continent countries this can work too, even though the architecture has been messed up so badly because of so many decades of car brain designs. It will take decades to undo the damage, but it can be done

    The only necessary ingredient is the will

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    The best country to drive in? Hmm. It’s just as busy as the surrounding countries and traffic speeds off the major roads are painfully low. The standards of driving are surprisingly poor, at least compared to neighbouring Germany. It is very well set up for car alternatives and I really enjoy going car free on my visits there, but there are many countries that are more enjoyable for driving.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    Vienna is very walkable but also really big. The answer is, mostly, public transport, a lot of it and cheap. Public transport costs ~ 400€ per year if you have the annual pass for Vienna (you can use all public transport). Also at the moment a build out of bike lanes makes a combination of bike/public transport very interesting for big parts of the city.

    P.s. Can't really remember the plot if Rodger Rabbit.

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