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submitted 8 months ago by revisable677@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de

Instead of just electrifying vehicles, cities should be investing in alternative methods of transportation. This article is by the Scientific Foresight Unit of the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS), a EU's own think tank.

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[-] gian@lemmy.grys.it -4 points 8 months ago

Only thing is that electrifying vehicles is a little easier than rebuilding a city (or part of it). And it don't need to be a really old part, even a 60/70 years old city zone is relatively hard to convert. Not to speak of even older zones.

But yes, newly build zone of city should be designed with this in mind.

[-] ebikefolder@feddit.de 16 points 8 months ago

In my (over 1,000 year old) city, blocking several streets with bollards and massively reducing street parking worked just fine so far. As did curbing traffic coming in, with longer "red" phases at traffic lights for cars entering, when sensors detect too many cars in the city.

[-] revisable677@feddit.de 4 points 8 months ago

The "smart" traffic lights idea is very interesting, never heard of it. Which country is that?

[-] ebikefolder@feddit.de 2 points 8 months ago

Germany (city of Potsdam)

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