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

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From: Steve Geller
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 00:00

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goldfish <phm@xbt.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:

>They have this system in Mexico City: license plates ending in
>even number can drive on even days, etc.  The effect: people
>keep their old cars, to maintain a stable of cars with both even
>and odd licence plates.  Does wonders for both the pollution
>and the traffic there.  ;)

Arrgh.  Somebody always find a way around rules, even when they
are good for people.

Isn't Mexico City one of the worst polluted urban areas in
the world?

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From: stgeller@pacbell.net (Steve Geller)
Subject: Re: How about car-free cities?/ Liberer nos villes des autos?
Date: 1999/05/20
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