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Originally Posted by Tweety
Also as to euromodders statement (not you but it saves me another posting) on a minority imposing their will on a majority... Yes, but since it's not a mandatory thing, ie you don't get fined for taking the car that day,
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The centres of participating Belgian cities are mandatory car-free.
Parking or driving in them becomes a traffic offence, and people DO get fined if they don't
participate.
When I'm working on a
car free day, I have to either take the car outside the perimeter beforehand (a short drive, the ones I'd rather avoid !), or leave it outside the perimeter to collect it later.
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The message is in essence: Leave the car at home,
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That may have been the idea, but lets all cut the crap and face reality :
This car-free day is anything but car-free !
For all too many people the
car-free city centres have become theme parks that they go visit for fun - and all too often by car as far as it'll take them.
Public transport doesn't run on normal weekly or weekend schedules either. So being able to get anywhere at all that day is no indication of what public transport might mean to anyone on a normal day.
I can symphatise with anyone who makes a conscious decision to live (almost) without a car, but please spare me the hypocrisy of these
car free days.
They're an environmental disaster rather than an eye opener.