Carfree or Car-light Places

[danbrotherston]

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.

Toronto is definitely doable without a car.

But one of the things I hate most about the city is how even the most walkable areas are so incredibly car dominated. It makes for an incredibly unpleasant place to be.

I visited friends in St. Clair and Young area and was just flabbergasted by the speeding traffic through their neighbourhood, I felt incredibly unsafe.

I want to like Toronto, but they are really making very sure I do not.