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Originally Posted by Sucre
I don't like cars, yet, I don't think there can be any general solution. How do you define "city center" for a start ? Where does it start ? In Berlin, for instance, the streets are very large and the city so widespread - besides there is no "city center" in Berlin. It would be quite inappropriate to ban all cars altogether.
Similarly, I wouldn't know what to answer for Paris : in a way the "city center" is everywhere, or there are many city centers.
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Berlin is obviously the exception among European cities since it was build primary for cars, and therefore it works out rather well there.
It varies a lot from city to city where you would define the city center to begin. I Personally think that a city center usually begins inside of the closest ring road, and so does it Copenhagen and Paris.
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I think you can start by charging a lot for car parking, as they do in Paris and in Berlin. Believe me, people will think twice before they use their car to go to the "city center". As a next step, maybe you can have a few single streets as "car free". It's not bad for the economy if it's a shopping street, on the contrary !
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Something serious needs to be done in Paris and not just a raising of the parking charges/fines and the close down a few streets. The city is a living car hell and have been for the last 20 years.
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Whatever solution, it should be left to the individual town to decide.
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Even better: It should be left to the people in the city centers to decide in a public voting. That would be the most fair and Im pretty sure that most people would vote yes.