Reply To: Car free districts

>how did you come across this idea…
The idea of using cars as city transport is new. It’s hard not to be reminded in a modern city how much cars destroy the quality of life.

>what did the council say…
They haven’t produced the draft local area plan yet so I don’t know if they accepted any of the ideas.

>i had a bit of trouble finding more pics of other examples any good links?

Here’s a link with a list of car free districts around the world.
http://www.carfree.com/carfree_places.html

Most famous are Venice, Mont St Michel and The Medina of Casablanca…

Search google for “transit oriented devlopment”

If you want pictures then ask images.google.com for
Siena Street
Freiburg Street
Zermatt Street

Frank