Oslo set to ban cars from city centre within four years

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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.
 
You got this thread submitted twice with only one or two words different. I deleted the other copy, you might want to check that wording on this one if it wasn't the correct one.

The difference was around "Broadway to cars between Times and Herald Squares"
 
dhanson865 said:
You got this thread submitted twice with only one or two words different. I deleted the other copy, you might want to check that wording on this one if it wasn't the correct one.

The difference was around "Broadway to cars between Times and Herald Squares"
Thanks, this one's correct. I was editing the earlier post, and sometimes they double post without me noticing.
 
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