Originally Posted by
gerv
I'll add:
- a three-day work week.
- half the city streets zoned as "no cars allowed".
- a city infrastructure that cleared snow and de-iced popular bicycle routes.
- secure bike racks mandatory for businesses.
- workplaces mandated to have sufficient facilities for bikers and walkers to freshen up after their commute.
The weird thing is, all of your ideas are actually possible. If people wanted these things badly enough, they could happen. Businesses go to great expense to provide huge parking lots for cars and de-ice them. Then they fail to install racks for cyclists or clear the ice off sidewalks for pedestrians.
And I don't know about a 3-day work week, but I manage to work only 4 days a week because I don't have automobile expenses.