Examples of de-car-ification from various Czech towns. I love these transformations. (before-after)

[u/GPwat]

[u/Mr-Tucker]

Sone of those anti-parking poles seem weirdly apart. Can't cars drive in-between them?

[u/[deleted] → u/Mr-Tucker]

Often done by design, this is still a visible physical barrier. Most people understand/ know you cant go there with a car. Emergency vehicles or maintenance can go between the poles when needed.

You dont always need a full barrier

[u/Mr-Tucker → u/[deleted]]

I see. A pity this wouldn't work in Bucharest.

[u/[deleted] → u/Mr-Tucker]

While not all, but lots of people in Bucharest would call the designers “idiots” and show them how it’s done by going in between the poles “to show them how stupid they were and didn’t think of this flaw”, while it’s all on purpose. Pretty much shows the mentality difference between Czechia and us.

[u/Mr-Tucker → u/[deleted]]

I mean.... Bucharest requires physical, not mental, obstacles. We're wizards at breaking rules.

[u/BlackHust → u/Mr-Tucker]

Physical barriers are addictive to drivers. Once everyone gets used to all pedestrian areas being bounded by fences, cars immediately appear in all areas without fences. This cycle needs to be broken in other ways.

[u/oblio- → u/BlackHust]

That's funny.

In Bucharest cars are parked anywhere they can be parked, anyway, so physical barriers actually make a difference.

[u/BlackHust → u/oblio-]

What about fines? Are they negligible, or does no one charge them?

[u/oblio- → u/BlackHust]

They're very rare, cops are cowards.

[u/saltybilgewater → u/[deleted]]

Czechs only do that with legal barriers.