Despite saving hundreds of dollars and even making new friends, none of the people who agreed to ditch their car for this Brisbane experiment wanted to go car-free permanently. This is why.
Article about an experiment from Brisbane, Australia.
But yeah, that was kind of my point. With the world as it is now, I would probably have completely missed out on the weekend I just had, seeing a number if friends for probably the last time this year.
But with better urban design and transportation options, I potentially could have made the trip car free with some small alterations. And if you spend time there, I feel like it is becoming more and more obvious that these changes are needed. Just see the line backing up traffic at the front entrance to Arches on any weekend. The constant traffic in downtown making it impossible to run errands in a timely fashion. The constant flow of people coming from only 3 directions to visit this one place. Its really one of the places I think of most frequently when I think of places that would benefit a lot from reforming their urban design
Well, CO, but same diff.
But yeah, that was kind of my point. With the world as it is now, I would probably have completely missed out on the weekend I just had, seeing a number if friends for probably the last time this year.
But with better urban design and transportation options, I potentially could have made the trip car free with some small alterations. And if you spend time there, I feel like it is becoming more and more obvious that these changes are needed. Just see the line backing up traffic at the front entrance to Arches on any weekend. The constant traffic in downtown making it impossible to run errands in a timely fashion. The constant flow of people coming from only 3 directions to visit this one place. Its really one of the places I think of most frequently when I think of places that would benefit a lot from reforming their urban design