How Public Protest Kept the Car From Taking Over Copenhagen and Amsterdam
Why the Streets of Copenhagen and Amsterdam Look So Different From Ours
Apr 25, 2012 By Sarah Goodyear http://cdn.theatlanticcities.com/img/site/logo.gif Read More: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/com...ent-ours/1849/ Quote:
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This is a bit exaggerated. Of course, Amsterdam was not built to accommodate cars and congestion in the city center is quite bad. The center is covered with cars day and night and very square inch of legal parking space is in huge demand. Illegally parked cars are everywhere. It is hardly a "car-free" zone.
Pedestrians not getting quickly out of the way of public transit, cars, cabs, bicycles, or whaterver are in serious risk of getting hit. You learn to avoid the tracks, streets, bus and cab lanes and bicycles and when you live there. Once you get out of the center, the streets become much like anywhere else. The main streets and freeways are clogged with cars, the medium sized streets have LRT and bikes as well as cars, and the smaller streets and shopping centers have pedestrian areas. The shopping centers tend to be smaller, but almost always have parking attached or people parking on side streets. |
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