Re: How about car-free cities?/ Liberer nos villes des autos?

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From: Steve Geller
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 00:00

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leguerrl@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Le Guerrier Louis-Luc) wrote:

>We should focus on bicycle trailers, tricycles and other human vehicles
>to transport normal personal goods,, and
>use horses to carry heavy loads to/from the railways (to replace trucks).

I say neigh to that one.  One cannot park a horse overnight and 
forget it.  The horse and buggy era is over.

Small pedal-powered or electric "station cars" are the better
solution.

Nothing wrong with using trucks for heavy loads.  Almost all the
congestion comes from those single-occupant vehicles.

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From: stgeller@pacbell.net (Steve Geller)
Subject: Re: How about car-free cities?/ Liberer nos villes des autos?
Date: 1999/05/31
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