kim_harding ✅

Apparently, this is impossible, or so the motor industry apologists tell me....

It banned cars from most of the city in 1999. Pontevedra's population is currently increasing. It has become one of the most accessible cities for disabled people, winning national and international prizes for Urban Mobility and Sustainability.

Nov 25, 2023 at 1:20pmWeb
Show threadploumNov 25, 2023

@kim_harding : I live in a city which has been built in 1969 as a car free city from the start (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louvain-la-Neuve )

It is now one of the most expensive place in the whole country despite being a mostly small town. (with one of the biggest university, to be fair)

Louvain-la-Neuve - Wikipedia

Show threadTuxicomanNov 25, 2023

@ploum @kim_harding

What is really strange is that despite success of those pedestrian cities. No new city builds around pedestrian area.

It seems like people gather where it's cheap to live, with cars, then density becomes a problem (brings bus, metro, etc.) then remove the cars.

But I see no city without car congestion issue remove the cars.

Show threadNeonard LimoyNov 25, 2023
@kim_harding That's amazing
Show threadGustavoNov 25, 2023
@kim_harding for some reason, I misread the first line of text as "this spanish city has been CAT-free for 19 years" and got really curious
Show threadAleksei � MatiushkinNov 26, 2023

@merci3 Reservoir Dogs Party

@kim_harding

Show threadSimplistic Trance‐Like GetawayNov 25, 2023
@kim_harding Sounds like my kind of place! I get tired of the usual maintenance of the vehicle onto of insurance and gas. One day I will just stop because it’s not great to own a vehicle. Im always worried if anyone will cause an accident with me in it.
Show threadChusiNov 25, 2023
@kim_harding See it can be done. But our governments choose otherwise.
Show threadPoppy (Your wife's girlfriend) Nov 26, 2023
@kim_harding Not a fan of the WEF (but because they are a pro-capitalist institution, I don't whine about them taking unnecessarily big cars or meat away), but this is a fairly nice example of a human-centric city. It shows people that indeed, cars are completely unnecessary for most people in an urban environment.
Show threadAaron Brick — אהרן בריקNov 26, 2023
@kim_harding Here is an actual, unremarkable view from my apartment window in downtown Pontevedra last year. You can see that there are a few cars, but mostly just big sidewalks and people getting around on foot.
Show threadRickd6Nov 26, 2023
@kim_harding beautiful