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Carfree or Car-light Places

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04-18-2021, 09:50 PM

(04-18-2021, 07:02 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:
(04-18-2021, 06:53 PM)tomh009 Wrote: How do you define car-light? My thinking was walkable and active transportation/transit-friendly, but maybe that's not the same as your expectation.

I think if you google for "living in X without a car" you can find some good commentary on most decent-sized cities.

I would define those as "walkable" and "transit friendly", which are definitely good things.

I'm thinking about places which active discourage motorvehicle use, and where those policies are effective at ensuring motorvehicles are the minority user.

You could live, work, and shop in downtown Toronto. No need for a car. Or really, live anywhere and work anywhere close to a subway line. But you still have a lot of cars there. If I lived in that area, and if transit was a little more consistent, you can be totally car free.

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