Car-free Streets are Amazing (and we need more of them)

Not Just Bikes
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A Not Just Bikes video arguing for car-free and car-light streets, using the Dutch idea of autoluw streets. It looks at the effects on neighborhoods and at how cities such as Copenhagen and Groningen pedestrianised despite opposition.

HN people recommend it as a good overview of autoluw streets and of how car-free streets win over initially angry residents.

“people were angry, they protested, made death threats”
Urban design & public space
#car-freestreets#autoluw#urbandesign#pedestrianisation#netherlands

3 comments from Hacker News

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@ryukafalz2022 · in “Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not for human connection”
I think I’ve seen this in a few places, there’s one source in particular I’m thinking of that I can’t seem to find but here are some: The positive impact of car-free streets on businesses during COVID: link Good overview about autoluw streets and the effects they have: ▶ this video …though as the video states, autoluw doesn’t mean completely car-free. I tend to agree that it’s probably the best balance rather than eliminating all cars from the area.
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@kuldeep_kap2022 · in “The 15-minute city (2020)”
100% agree. If anyone is interested here is great video on [Autoluw](▶ this video). This is what US needs, but I dont see this happening due america's car-centric culture.
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@csnover2021 · in “The Stroad”
It was interesting for me to learn how this process happened in Copenhagen and Groningen in the 1960s and 1970s—people were angry, they protested, made death threats.[0] So it seems like re-pedestrianising areas has always made some people very angry everywhere, and that anger may not be so unique or significant a barrier as it might initially seem. [0] ▶ this video
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