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Old 04-10-2007
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Re: Should cars be banned from inner parts of large European cities?

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Originally Posted by Wallaroo View Post
Actually the correct thread title would have been: Should private cars be banned from all small streets (with only two lanes or less) in the inner parts of large European cities? I guess that would be a little too long.

Private cars should still be allowed to drive on all wide streets (with two or more lanes in each direction) and all parking facilities with no direct access to these wide streets should therefore be shut down. This would increase both mobility and safety for everyone.
Two lanes or less? Nearly all streets are two lanes or less (We have a hell of a lot one way streets with an additional parking lane) in the dense parts of Vienna. Not just in the inner districts. You would ban the car nearly from the entire city. Only some of the major high priority connections would remain untouched. But they would be useless if you can't leave them to at least the vicinity of your destination.
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