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BulbasaurCPA t1_jbynahh wrote

Every day I think about how great it would be if this city banned cars and really invested in public transit

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hdhcnsnd t1_jbzxaem wrote

It’s really amazing how we have 0 car free streets.

10th street in Chinatown, South Street from 6th to the Delaware, Headhouse square, 13th from chestnut to locust, walnut and the other cross streets by rittenhouse, the RTM underpass…

There are so many obvious streets that would have a dramatically improved QoL and business without cars.

Even Burlington VT, a city of <50k has the car free commercial street, Church Street.

Why can’t we even have this conversation in Philadelphia?

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ChrisW828 t1_jc0enho wrote

I’m missing how citing that a small city has a car free street compares. Does Pittsburgh, Chicago, Atlanta, Phoenix, etc.? (Genuinely asking.)

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AbsentEmpire t1_jbzhjtf wrote

We don't even have to get to ban cars level to have dramatically improved quality of life.

By using bolards to just block drivers from breaking the law and endangering everyone around them as well as destroying public parks we can have an immediate approvement overnight. Add in automated traffic and city wide parking enforcement and things could be better almost instantaneously.

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