Cities Without Cars @ Costing the Earth on Radio 4

City pollution kills:
Futures Forum: "Over 40,000* people die each year in the UK directly because of air pollution and it is simply unacceptable."

It's even a problem in Devon:
Futures Forum: Air pollution and over-development: Exeter and East Devon "recording high readings" of nitrogen dioxide emissions

But perhaps we can do something about it:
Futures Forum: How to reach our target for emissions reductions in the transport sector.

There are some clever ideas out there to make it happen:
What would your city look like without cars? | World Economic Forum

Oslo is planning to ban all private cars:
Will we ever get a truly car-free city? | Cities | The Guardian
6 Big European Cities Have Plans to Establish Car-Free Zones in Central Areas - CityLab

Meanwhile, Paris is experimenting:
Paris is turning the expressway on the Seine into a park for six months.

As featured on the latest edition of Costing the Earth on Radio 4:

Cities Without Cars

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The battle in big cities continues: how do you keep cars out to cut congestion and reduce pollution? Chris Ledgard visits Paris and Barcelona to explore two different approaches. 

In Paris, the mayor's office wants to ban the most polluting cars, and coloured stickers are being introduced to help the authorities determine which vehicles can enter the city centre. Meanwhile, more and more Paris residents are turning to the electric car-sharing scheme, Autolib. We hear how it works. 

In Barcelona, urban ecologists are adapting the famous grid system designed by Ildefons Cerda to create 'superblocks' - large traffic-free spaces across the city where the sound of traffic is only distantly heard. Chris talks to the scheme's inventor, Salvador Rueda, and hears about his vision for Spain's second biggest city.

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