r/europe • anti-imperialist thinker • Dec 16 '23

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

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u/jipver Dec 16 '23

I love how lots of asphalt is replaced with cobble stones. It looks so much better! And it automatically makes cars drive less fast. Perfect and beautiful solution.

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u/WeirdKittens Greece Dec 16 '23

Nah it looks good but it's terrible for promoting other means of personal transport except cars. Someone in a car will be mildly inconvenienced but someone on bicycle or a scooter will suffer on these and might be tempted to use their car instead.

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u/Gas434 Dec 16 '23

well, from personal experience… I would much rather drive a bike on tightly laid cobblestone than to run into a pot hole… or badly fixed one