Living Car Free - Major cities go car-free! Story in Christian Science Monitor

http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0502/p01s03-ussc.html

Ok, not completely, but its a start right?

Here in Regina SK we have the largest urban park in North America, on weekends the MUPS around the lake in the park are a total zoo, not safe or enjoyable for cycling at all (not that I'm a MUP rider, especially when there's people on them). If we could reclaim the roads in that section of the park on weekends it would be fabulous. Thanks for the article, I'm going to forward it, and my suggestion to the mayors office!

A large portion of Historic Saint Augustine, Florida is closed to motor vehicles. Unfortunately, the cobblestone pavement and floods of tourists make riding unenjoyable if not impossible.

I spotted this artice on the front page of today's edition
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0502/csmimg/p12a.jpg
On the rise in American cities: the car-free zone
Pedestrians, bicyclists, and joggers are king of the road – at least sometimes – as more US cities ban autos from parks or designated districts.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0502/p01s03-ussc.html

Great article! I've read about how Bogota, Colombia is one of the best biking cities in the Americas. But glad to read that some things are happening elsewhere, especially North America.

It's amazing how festive a city block becomes once you shut down motor traffic. New York City frequently has parades that shut down streets for hours. We should have a parade every day of the week.

There's an little unknown ;) island up here off the shores of Michigan where automobiles are banned. FedEx has to deliver their packages via horse-and-buggy.

All of this is very encouraging! We all pay a huge psychological and economic price for car culture that very few people have been willing or able to recognize, and it's nice to see that the tide may be be beginning to turn, albeit in a tiny way.

There's an little unknown ;) island up here off the shores of Michigan where automobiles are banned. FedEx has to deliver their packages via horse-and-buggy.

Four square miles with 80% of that state park. Now if we could just get a hundred thousand of these islands built we'd be set. Of course, there's the pesky issue that 99.99% of the population couldn't afford to live in such a place...

Four square miles with 80% of that state park. Now if we could just get a hundred thousand of these islands built we'd be set. Of course, there's the pesky issue that 99.99% of the population couldn't afford to live in such a place...

The fact that such places are not affordable for most of us says a lot, I think. People will pay a premium to live in a car-free environment. The trick, I think, is to make such places more common, so not only rich people can afford to have a livable environment. And it doesn't have to be on a remote island with its own state park, either. Just getting rid of cars over large expanses in any large city would do wonders for the quality of life all by itself.

Nice, thanks for sharing.