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Originally Posted by Turbofurball
A change in lifestyle is going to be needed if people are going to survive in relative comfort.
The last I read Seville is proposing an end to any internal combustion vehicles in the city center by 2030 - that's the sort of thing that needs to be done everywhere, combined with superblocks etc, both to improve quality of life and coax people into changing their ways. Certainly my preference would be to use park-and-ride schemes for visiting cities when I have to (or rent a little electric scooter or something)
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I can see that being the form of the future, at least in prosperous countries. But before it can work it'll need two things: (1) extensive investment in widespread charging infrastructure, and (2) extensive investment in a good public transport network.
Levels of vehicle ownership in London, for example, are low, due to the limited usefulness of private transport and the cost and space needed to own a vehicle. Public transport is well developed and for most people is the easiest way to get around. So EV-only city centres are certainly viable. The barriers to making it happen are in the hands of the authorities. Are they willing to spend the money to develop the charging and public transport networks to replace the ICE vehicles they ban?
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