So cool! So many of these reminded me of Denmark-- i wish many cities in the states mirrored more walkability and bike friendly areas. Thanks for sharing this!
Oops, I missed this comment last month. I wasn't familiar with this treatise, but I love it.
So many good details:
- Average vehicle speed halved between 1911 and 1961, which is ironic because 1911 was full of horse-drawn vehicles and 1961 was full of cars. But excessive traffic slowed us down! (11 miles per hour vs. 6 miles per hour)
- “During the ban on nonessential vehicles during the heavy snowstorm of February 1961, air pollution dropped 66 per cent.” Wild. Especially as someone with asthma, it's frustrating that we let 22% of the population (the % of ppl with cars in Manhattan) impose externalities on the other 78%.
Manhattan is supposed to impose congestion pricing below 60th Street this year, which would be a big step forward!
Allowing your imagining to move from lesser used side streets to literal freeways is a bold and wonderful move
Awesome! Love the fountain one and family art fest one in particular :D
So cool! So many of these reminded me of Denmark-- i wish many cities in the states mirrored more walkability and bike friendly areas. Thanks for sharing this!
Priya, are you familiar with Paul Goodman's utopian treatise for Manhattan?
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/paul-and-percival-goodman-banning-cars-from-manhattan
Hi Aaron,
Oops, I missed this comment last month. I wasn't familiar with this treatise, but I love it.
So many good details:
- Average vehicle speed halved between 1911 and 1961, which is ironic because 1911 was full of horse-drawn vehicles and 1961 was full of cars. But excessive traffic slowed us down! (11 miles per hour vs. 6 miles per hour)
- “During the ban on nonessential vehicles during the heavy snowstorm of February 1961, air pollution dropped 66 per cent.” Wild. Especially as someone with asthma, it's frustrating that we let 22% of the population (the % of ppl with cars in Manhattan) impose externalities on the other 78%.
Manhattan is supposed to impose congestion pricing below 60th Street this year, which would be a big step forward!