Don’t ban cars. Slowly start removing lanes and lower all speed limits to 30 kph until there’s just one left for emergency vehicles. Remove surface lots - underground parking is much more expensive. Improve public transportation. Impose congestion fees as % of net worth.
How does the emergency vehicle get past if there’s a service truck making deliveries? Or is it a 2 land road situation? Or do they honk until the truck moves out of the way? I’m having trouble picturing it.
Procedural. Sensors on each block so the dispatcher can route the emergency vehicle around the blockage.
Have back alleys for a given neighborhood so that service vehicles can park without blocking emergency vehicles
Have delivery spots every couple of blocks. With smaller but more frequent stores, a couple rounds with a hand card would work fine. This would leave lanes clear
You’re just describing the steps to a car ban 🤔 You might not officially call it a “ban”, but removing any incentive to have a car achieves the same result. It’s just a carrot approach vs a stick.
Don’t ban cars. Slowly start removing lanes and lower all speed limits to 30 kph until there’s just one left for emergency vehicles. Remove surface lots - underground parking is much more expensive. Improve public transportation. Impose congestion fees as % of net worth.
You would still need (small) trucks to stock the walkable grocery stores.
They can use the emergency vehicle lane. It’s really more a service vehicle lane:
Emergency vehicles, waste collection, goods delivery, etc.
How does the emergency vehicle get past if there’s a service truck making deliveries? Or is it a 2 land road situation? Or do they honk until the truck moves out of the way? I’m having trouble picturing it.
There are a few ways around it.
Procedural. Sensors on each block so the dispatcher can route the emergency vehicle around the blockage.
Have back alleys for a given neighborhood so that service vehicles can park without blocking emergency vehicles
Have delivery spots every couple of blocks. With smaller but more frequent stores, a couple rounds with a hand card would work fine. This would leave lanes clear
Ty this makes a lot of sense
You’re just describing the steps to a car ban 🤔 You might not officially call it a “ban”, but removing any incentive to have a car achieves the same result. It’s just a carrot approach vs a stick.
It would make a big difference in the US, where nudging people to make a choice is better than telling them flat out they can’t do something.
Also, I’m pro car for fun but not for daily use so… I don’t want an outright ban