Citation

Glotz-Richter M. World Transp. Policy Pract. 1995; 1(1): 45-47.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Eco-Logica)

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Abstract

The predominance of the motor car as a means of transport is meeting with more and more criticism. Pollution, traffic accidents, and the overcrowding of the street as an urban space, which has led to cars obstructing even themselves, all contribute to the declining attractiveness of cars. In addition to a whole catalogue of measures designed to favour public transport, the bicycle and pedestrian, consideration is also being given to ways of avoiding motor traffic "at source".

It has been recognized that obstructive measures - such as "calming" traffic by narrowing streets or installing sleeping policemen - can only provide partial solutions in specific situations. They will do nothing to reduce the overall volume of motorized traffic. Since the mid- 1980s, thoughts have turned to ways of making the car superfluous. The "car-free" estate, in which the us of cars is the exception rather than the rule, could provide such a new approach to urban planning. It attempts to integrate various ideas into one settlement policy.