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May 25, 2016 10:28 AM Subscribe
Reducing car dependence in the heart of Europe: lessons from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (pdf)
So good cheap transit is better at reducing car dependence than cycling investments, which makes a certain amount of sense.
For Zurich at least, convenient public transport in combination with a very aggressive parking strategy (free parking hardly exists, parking capacity intentionally under-dimensioned). I have about 20 km from home to work, and it's generally a bigger hassle to take the car than to take a train, and much slower during peak hours.
Cannot find the official program document right now, but there's a phrasing in there along the lines of "our goal is to move people, not boxes of metal." They're pretty good at it.
posted by effbot at 3:32 PM on May 26, 2016
For Zurich at least, convenient public transport in combination with a very aggressive parking strategy (free parking hardly exists, parking capacity intentionally under-dimensioned). I have about 20 km from home to work, and it's generally a bigger hassle to take the car than to take a train, and much slower during peak hours.
Cannot find the official program document right now, but there's a phrasing in there along the lines of "our goal is to move people, not boxes of metal." They're pretty good at it.
posted by effbot at 3:32 PM on May 26, 2016
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This part of the conclusion stood out: Compared with an article about zoning in the US I was reading today: posted by vibratory manner of working at 10:33 AM on May 26, 2016 [1 favorite]