Cities around the world that are reducing car access

I'm not sure leaning into the hysteria is the smart move.

Moving on, still waiting for you to share the city name that you like to hold up as a shining example. Or a similar one in the same country if you want.

Sounds wonderful. Seriously how many people buy 2nd hand dishwashers.

and have a car big enough to fit one

Are you seriously trying to claim that the suggestions from the usual suspects here on thread are trying to mimic what has been done and will be done in Karlsruhe?

Have you ever been to Karlsruhe. Do you know that there is a tunnel underneath it for cars and more tunnels are coming. Baden-Baden has similar tunnels and you can travel most of the length of the city only needing to emerge at street level close to your destination. Those Cities are anything but anti-car in that they invest to accommodate them alongside other legitimate methods of transport.

Here is a multibillion project in Karlsruhe that you do not seem to be aware of and will blow your mind: https://bnn.de/karlsruhe/karlsruhe-stadt/kombiloesung-karlsruhe-alle-infos-u-bahn-strassenbahn-autotunnel-kosten-fertigstellung

That is proper investment which is done because stealing road space from existing commuters doesn't work even though some overbearing posters here have tried to coerce me in to agreeing that space must be taken away from cars to achieve "their" dreams.

There are pages and pages of "ban cars", "restrict cars", "block cars" vendettas on this thread. Getting around Karlsruhe on my visits to the City in a car has been a pleasure.

It is only one page since a Poster said of cars "they should be demonised, they've ruined cities". Why wasn't that unarguably extreme view "moderated".

Also, of all the Cities I mentioned Karlsruhe was the one planned from the time of horse and carriage with very wide thoroughfares.

I'm the one who had to educate these posters as to the presence of Umweltzones but those tinpots are still going on about polluting cars.

The ignorance of posters on this thread is on another level and only matched by their arrogance, certain that they "know better" and happy to inflict misery on a commuting public with their half-baked ideas. They know nothing of properly operated communal car services or shared road spaces for strassenbahn and cars or how signalling/prioritization of traffic works in practice or even how the traffic lights at intersections work to maximise throughput. They don't know that most bicycle lanes are shared with pedestrians or that cars can turn left so long as no pedestrians are crossing.

Happy to take a look at that tunnel project, however, you're still continuing to deal in slinging mud and fud so to be honest, as you've shown no interest in an adult discussion I'll not be engaging with you further.

Take care

I have kept to the topic which is traffic management strategies in more enlightened countries w.r.t. the requirements of the travelling public.

It isn't my fault that many here mis-diagnose the problem and propose innappropriate or counter-productive solutions based on their prejudices against private vehicles.

For the last decade a very large brownfield quarter of the city I live in has been regenerated and private vehicular access rather than being restricted remains a component of the approach to transport and connectivity. That regeneration will continue for most of the next decade. Private Transport is certainly calmed through various strategies but isn't prohibited. People here forming their opinions from reading Twitter and Blogs seem to think that City Planners in Europe have turned their backs on cars. They haven't. It seems something has been lost in translation.

My last sentence in the last post was "It seems something has been lost in translation."

Do you understand the implications of that ruling for future bikepaths; They won't be built as the obligations on the Local Authority to allocate space are too exacting. The paths must be broad enough to allow cyclists cycle side by side in both directions.

For the street in question, Kleestraße, out of a combination of necessity and bloodymindedness the Local Authority removed the parking spaces. This isn't a win for cyclists as this was already a fahrradstrasse and only residents' vehicles, disabled drivers and delivery vehicles had access to the street. Residents of the street will now have to pay for parking elsewhere which is, if it is anything like my city, probably be around 80 to 100 euro per month.

That is what is known as a pyrrhic victory.

Is that the Strasse you really want to saunter down?

Who is forcing anyone to purchase or drive a car in Ireland?. It isn't like the U.S. where there aren't pavements or space for bicycles.

I don't think your link actually hits home with anyone on this side of the Atlantic.

...although during the pandemic access to the local supermarket was only allowed with trolley and the cashier gave out to me when I turned up at checkout with three items in my hands.

There isn't a connection between my contribution to the thread and your link to a tweet so I have no idea why you responded by quoting my comment. Whataboutery perhaps.

pg 197 of the rules of the road pdf would indicate that the cyclists were not obeying the rules of the road and I'm sure another page in the same book will show the motorist was not obeying the rules of the road either through excessive use of their horn and failure to keep a safe distance.

Perhaps you are trying to suggest such behaviour is condoned by other motorists and society in general. I don't know. I don't see the relevance of your comment which quotes mine.

for the record I'm in favour of the introduction of thoughtfully placed bollards and guard rails to the benefit of all including commuters who would otherwise be inconvenienced by parents pulling in for "just a moment" while they drop off and collect their offspring. More of this!

I think the issue regarding multistorey parking is where some of it is located. To maintain access to it, you are prevented from addressing larger issues within the network.

Personally I have no objection to multistorey parking but they do come with access issues when you consider how the network needs to be improved to increase capacity and safety issues for all modes of transport.