Wednesday 18 February 2009

Cities are not for cars

It seems when population densities get too large, cars are the first things to disappear, in favour of pedestrian access and public transport. Where the city is at its most dense, car use is actively discouraged with parking restrictions and fewer car-accessible road routes. It seems reasonable to assume that the car is not necessarily for inner-city driving, but for personal transport around the outer parts of the city. The inner, most densely populated parts of the city are for humans, not cars, reminding us why we build cities in the first place. It's not to have a nice place to drive, but to have a convenient place to live and work.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - Sometimes private vehicles are needed in the inner city.
PPS - The problem is that with large populations, "sometimes" translates to a lot of cars.

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