GRA
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/oslo-set-to-ban-cars-from-city-centre-within-four-years-a6700011.html
As a fan of New Urbanism, I can only hope that this becomes widespread. The Europeans, especially the Scandinavian countries, have been in the forefront of the 'complete streets' movement, and cities such as Copenhagen and Amsterdam have been reducing amenities for cars and improving pedestrian/walking/transit facilities for decades, as well as gradually closing off more and more parts of cities to cars. Similar street closures have started to occur in the U.S. this century (c.f. the closure of Broadway to cars between Times and Herald Squares, inclusive, in NYC: http://www.pps.org/reference/broadway-boulevard-transforming-manhattans-most-famous-street-to-improve-mobility-increase-safety-and-enhance-economic-vitality/), but we've still got a long way to go.
As a fan of New Urbanism, I can only hope that this becomes widespread. The Europeans, especially the Scandinavian countries, have been in the forefront of the 'complete streets' movement, and cities such as Copenhagen and Amsterdam have been reducing amenities for cars and improving pedestrian/walking/transit facilities for decades, as well as gradually closing off more and more parts of cities to cars. Similar street closures have started to occur in the U.S. this century (c.f. the closure of Broadway to cars between Times and Herald Squares, inclusive, in NYC: http://www.pps.org/reference/broadway-boulevard-transforming-manhattans-most-famous-street-to-improve-mobility-increase-safety-and-enhance-economic-vitality/), but we've still got a long way to go.