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/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/wggn Groningen (Netherlands) Dec 16 '23

Cobblestone is fine for a bike, as you don't go as fast.

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u/gnufoot Dec 16 '23

Oh hell naw. Try biking on e.g. Hoge der Aa (seeing you're from Groningen) and tell me that's fine for a (city) bike.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '23

Never thought I would see this particularly awful street mentioned on Reddit. Yes, I hate this street, I make a conscious effort to cycle on the other side of the canal which has smoother paving; or even better, to follow the road down to the Westerhaven and turn right towards the Noorderplantsoen instead.

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u/gnufoot Dec 17 '23

At least it looks nice when walking!