‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars

www.theguardian.com ‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars

A new housing development outside Phoenix is looking towards European cities for inspiration and shutting out the cars. So far residents love it

A new housing development outside Phoenix is looking towards European cities for inspiration and shutting out the cars. So far residents love it - The Guardian

Fuck Cars @lemmy.ml

‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars

www.theguardian.com /cities/2023/oct/11/culdesac-car-free-neighborhood-tempe-arizona

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Great idea, but they are taking it too far. People should be allowed to have a car, but it should be parked at the edge of the neighborhood and only be allowed to come in for loading and unloading of heavy things.
That way you have all the benefits and almost no inconvenience at all. We have that in many places in Denmark and it works great.
- People should be allowed to have a car, but it should be parked at the edge of the neighborhood and only be allowed to come in for loading and unloading of heavy things
  That's exactly what this development is?
- I would take it one step further and say there should probably be small (single lane) roads that run through the neighborhood or an underground carpark with a few freight elevators that run directly into the buildings. Why? For a same reason you mentioned that they should allow cars. If you get a new fridge, imagine trying to walk that sucker from the street to your apartment. You probably wouldn't need very many freight elevators or access roads to significantly decrease the amount of effort required to get bulky and/or heavy objects to your apartment while still maintaining the general feel and spirit of a car-less community.
  
  You really don't need new fridges that often, the couple times you do just put them on boards on casters and shove. If you can't: ask your neighbors, it's a good bonding experience.
  
  What about garbage disposal.
  You going to pull that around on casters as well?
  
  Have you never seen waste containers on wheels?
- There's nothing more American than taking ideas to their extreme end.
  But, it's also not surprising to see this behavior given that it's a response to the other extreme of cars in every space, in every location.

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