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Originally Posted by Thymeclock
We are concentrating on the subject, ostensibly that it is a politically Left-wing, utopian goal: that the world would be somehow be better if there were no cars.
Otherwise why would anyone or any political entity be sponsoring a carfree day?  |
And you are either trying to profile yourself as right-wing, ultra conservative... Or are provokative and stupid...
The concept is pretty simple... Not to remove the cars, but to get people to discover the alternative... To have them
actually try the bus/train routes to work before dismissing it as unpractical... And to in the end find a balance between using the car for where it's useful/practical, and leaving it at home when that's more practical...
And as such a concept it's actually a good idea, show your car's registration and use any puplic transportation for free for the day...
Also another thing you should take into account before engaging the mouth without the brain, is that most European cities are quite a lot older than the average american city... Ie we haven't torn down everything and re-built it around 4 lane roads in the city centre...
In many of these cities it actually makes more sense to use public transportation than a car, based solely on the reason that navigating it in a car takes enormous amounts of time, plus you need to spend large amounts of time to find parking... And if to many do it, the "congestion" you guys have over there becomes childs play in comparasion...
Also the positive side of that, the city is usually laid out in such a way that it's easy to navigate on foot or on a bike... Ie close to anything, then take the bus and you get to another small mini town in the town...
Take the time to think things through and look at things with the world as a reference, not just your hometown in the US as a reference and we can have lots of interesting discussions... And I haven't even discussed politics yet...