Originally Posted by
Dahon.Steve
Good article.
I read this story in Fighting Traffic years ago. We're all paying dearly as someone pointed out in a chart, since 1899, over 2 million were killed in motor transport. I think we're now going in the opposite direction but it will take another 100 years before we start to see pedestrian streets the norm. Unfortunately, we won't be around to see this.
I don't think it will take that long, Steve. We've taken several important streets back from the cars here in Seville, and I know that other European cities have done the same thing. Once people get a taste of car-free streets and they experience being able to walk around with their families without the constant fear of being run over, there will be no going back.