New Political Party Promotes Car-Free Development
Projet Montreal, led by urban planner Richard Bergeron, campaigns for car-free development in civic election campaign.
"Though Bergeron and his new party, Projet Montreal, are campaigning across the city on a host of issues - sustainable development, more social housing, true democracy - the tyranny of the car and the necessity to wrest central Montreal free from its evils is a major theme that inspires Bergeron's campaign in the Nov. 6 municipal election.
About half the points on the Projet Montreal platform deal with reclaiming public space from cars and improving public transit. These aren't exactly mainstream ideas and you'll probably not hear many of them uttered by the two front-running mayoral candidates, incumbent Gerald Tremblay and his chief rival, Pierre Bourque."
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That's a brave move, it's
That's a brave move, it's definitely not a popular position to take even though it is highly beneficial to the success of future cities. It's good to know that the idea is being moved into public eye instead of only in books and articles for those who agree.
Let's divide all cities into "driving" and "non-driving" sectors
There's something so fundamentally right about the creation of car-free sectors of cities. It can only be because of the slow creep of car culture over the course of 100 or so years that it has not been tried before. But consider: "carfree sector" with sidewalk cafes where you can hear the birds sing, or a "carful sector" where stepping off the curb may be a death sentence; "carfree sector" with windows you can throw open to fresh breezes and sweet smells, or a "carful sector" where the roar and clank of cars, and the belching of exhaust keeps your windows shut tight; "carfree sector" with children playing and cyclists wheeling, or "carful sector" with sidewalks empty and teeth gritted? Which will you choose?
see also: "What We Mean When We Say Car Free" at http://allderdice.ca/?page_id=9
Because it's past time to ban automobile advertising.