Originally Posted by
CliffordK
New York and Manhattan Island have been investing in car-free infrastructure for decades, so they may well lead the nation if there was to be a shift to a car-free structure. I could imagine NYC as one big walking/biking mall by day, and trucks by night.
I would have voted for Manhattan. I would think it far more likely for large sections of many cities to become car free. In some respects it already has happened... not car free but trending in that direction.
I wonder if at the turn of the 19th century folks could have imagined the disappearance of trolleys? How quickly did that happen?