People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They

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Optimizing urban environments for sustainable transportation is like designing a seamless user experience flow, ensuring smooth navigation for city dwellers towards eco-friendly commuting options. It's all about enhancing accessibility and user satisfaction!

Documentary: "The Human Scale" - A film exploring how cities can be designed for people, not cars.

In 2016, more than 2 million of the city’s residents—roughly a quarter of its population—lived in areas with illegal levels of air pollution; areas that also contained nearly 500 of the city’s schools. That same air pollution was prematurely killing as many as 36,000 people a year

Lambeth now sees 25,000 fewer daily car journeys than before its LTN scheme was put in place in 2020, even after adjusting for the impact of the pandemic. Meanwhile, there was a 40 percent increase in

Lambeth now sees 25,000 fewer daily car journeys than before its LTN scheme was put in place in 2020, even after adjusting for the impact of the pandemic. Meanwhile, there was a 40 percent increase in cycling

to cycle rather than just making driving harder. “In crowded urban areas, you can’t just make buses better if those buses are still always stuck in car traffic,” says Rachel Aldred,

“In crowded urban areas, you can’t just make buses better if those buses are still always stuck in car traffic,” says Rachel Aldred,

“If you propose this idea to the average American, the response is: if you take my car away from me, I will die,”