"No one I spoke to for this piece could name a recent sizable pedestrianization or traffic-reduction scheme that had been reversed once it had been given time to have an effect."
https://www.wired.com/story/car-free-cities-opposition/
People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One
Removing cars from urban areas means lower carbon emissions, less air pollution, and fewer road traffic accidents. So why are residents so resistant?Andrew Kersley (WIRED)
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in reply to David Zipper • • •In combination with "pilot projects", this often leads to opponents mobilising strongly in the hope of being able to reverse the measure.
In Copenhagen, for example, car parking spaces were simply abolished piece by piece without making a big fuss about it.
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