This is only the information age if people choose to be informed. Otherwise it becomes the mis or disinformation age, as this fringe driven article demonstrates. A profoundly misleading article and headline, that when one investigates translates to - cars will be banned from certain streets in two cities. The use of a mall as the banner picture should give perspective to the authenticity or otherwise of this article. Further investigation of the assertions shows that without authentic context, one can make a brick appear as though it is levitating. Heres what happens when this article is researched and context re-apllied. Trust a Green or the fringe? City 1 of 7 Though Hamburg isnt planning to ban cars from its city center... ...a new green network, which will be completed in the next 15 to 20 years, will connect parks across the city, making it possible to bike or walk anywhere...The network will cover 40% of the city Non existent City 2 of 7 A new satellite city planned in Chengdu.... Out of an expected population of 80,000 people... The plans, designed by Chicago-based architects Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill, dont call for completely banning cars... The project was originally planned for completion in 2020, but that may be delayed—its currently on hold because of zoning issues. City 3 of 7 The smoggy city of Milan is testing a new way to keep cars out of the city center: If commuters leave their vehicles at home, theyll get free public transit vouchers... City 4 of 7 Copenhagen City. 86.20 km2 City 5 of 7 Last year, when smog levels spiked in Paris, the city briefly banned cars with even-numbered plates... A ban on half of the cars in Paris has been lifted after just one day after pollution levels fell back below those in Beijing... Paris last imposed restrictions on drivers in 1997 – a ban that also lasted for just one day.... City 6 of 7 Madrid has already banned most traffic from certain city streets... Stretching over more than a square mile, the area will still allow neighbourhood its own residents to drive, but anyone else who enters will be hit with a fine... ...seeks to reduce Madrid’s traffic by up to eight percent There are 1.7 million vehicles in Madrid... Even though 95,000 new spots in public parking lots have been created in recent years and the supply of private parking options continues to grow, over half a million cars still park out on the street... City 7 of 7 To be sure, Helsinki is not proposing to go entirely car-free... The Finnish capital has announced plans to transform its existing public transport network into a comprehensive, point-to-point mobility on demand system by 2025 – one that.....in theory....would be so good nobody would have any reason to own a car... It matters, then, whether Helsinki – and the graduate engineering student the municipality has apparently commissioned to help it design its platform – is proposing a truly collective next-generation transit system for the entire public, or just a high-spec service for the highest-margin customers... It remains to be seen, too, whether the scheme can work effectively not merely for relatively compact central Helsinki, but in the lower-density municipalities of Espoo and Vantaa as well... Responses to the article: CAMILLA ELENA FABRIZI Sorry Milan could not be listed here. Apart from few streets where private cars are forbidden, the rest of the city is almost constantly invaded by people driving to work...I live here and I can guarantee you that theres no such device anywhere... fastcoexist/3040634/7-cities-that-are-starting-to-go-car-free?utm_source=facebook#6
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:15:25 +0000
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