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3d ago

Car-free streets are popping up in cities around the world

www.nationalgeographic.com

Car-free streets are popping up in cities around the world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34008499

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3d ago

Car-free streets are popping up in cities around the world

www.nationalgeographic.com /travel/article/these-cities-are-focused-on-pedestrians

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They are called "Pedestrian Zones" and are around for decades in civilized countries.
Would be a safe place for pedestrians, if the bikers didn't simply ignore the laws.
Pedestrian-only zones are having a moment as a trend that started during the pandemic-from wider sidewalks to communal gathering spaces-is becoming the new normal in these popular destinations.
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a trend that started during the pandemic
I guess I must have banged my head or something, because I feel like the concept of a pedestrianised area is so far from new I think it might be prehistoric
- I do understand why they put it that way, because the trend has been car friendly road for most of our life that pedestrian-only zone feels like new concept to us.
- Agoraphobia became popular in the 1950s or something?
I dig the idea of car-free streets in tight downtowns. They’ve experimented with it a little in the city I live outside of, I wish they’d do more. Especially on Friday and Saturday nights. Even if it was just on Friday and Saturday nights that’d be an improvement.
Repost of https://lemmy.cafe/post/21536162
- I removed that post even though this one is the newer duplicate because this one has more comments. Apologies to @return2ozma (OP of the earlier post).

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