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

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From: Steve Geller
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 00:00

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Stergios Papadakis <papadaks@princeton.edu> wrote:

>As much of my family lives in Greece, I have seen how they
>have started to deal with this problem.  Only half of the
>cars are allowed into the bigger cities on any given weekday.  If 
>your licence plate ends in an odd number, you can only
>drive in the cities in odd days (and even on even days).

This rule has been used several places.  I think it's a good idea.
It roughly halves the traffic.

If that's not enough, make it modulo 3 or more.

People who just must drive every day might get sold a special override
sticker.

What do odd Athenians do on even days?  Do they ride public transit,
catch a ride with an even Athenian, or just stay home?

I'd think the rule would encourage car pools, matching even and odd.
Ad in the "personals":  "Odd male seeks even lady for car pooling".

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From: stgeller@pacbell.net (Steve Geller)
Subject: Re: How about car-free cities?/ Liberer nos villes des autos?
Date: 1999/05/18
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