Oslo made its city center basically car-free
I want this so bad. My hatred for the automobile grows every day. The cost, the noise, the time wasted in traffic, the pollution, the ridiculous space wasted on parking. When you really add up the costs, both individual and to society, it’s absolutely insane. I wish the cost of gasoline was high enough to internalize all the costs and change behavior. Like really high. A dollar a mile. We are slaves to the automobile in so many ways.<p>I’d love to see a major metro area in the US do this. San Francisco would actually be a decent candidate for this. Market St + 4 blocks in each direction.<p>Cities existed before without cars and I suspect they will exist again after they leave. Sucks that I had to live in the time period with them.<p>Life is more than just figuring out how quickly and cheaply you can go from one place to another. I feel like a lot of you are missing that.