In the light of our PerfectCity Charter and the poll on environmental conditions and sustainability, we would like to go to detail on another factor or rather on the goal of the factor “green public transportation”: car free cities.

To realize car free cities there is a movement in which individuals and organisations (including urban planners, transport planners, cyclist and others) work together believing that cars are to far dominant in most modern cities. The movement’s goal is to create places where the use of cars is limited to a minimum or even eliminated. Thus, the recovered space like roads and parking space could be used for public and to rebuild compact urban environments where most destinations are within easy reach by public transport, walking, or cycling.

The big challenge is to remove cars and trucks from cities while at the same time improving mobility and reducing its total costs. But what is a solution for that?

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