There's this draft bill before the city of Berlin city council....entitled: "Volksentscheid Berlin car-free."
RBB (public TV in Berlin) discussed the basic concept, which would only affect the city residents themselves.
The affected area? The S-Bahn ring.....east to west...around seven kilometers....north to south around five kilometers.
Yes, the heart of Berlin, when you get down to it.
So here's the deal if passed....car trips within the 'ring' would be almost non-existent (limited to 12 trips per year).
Delivery vehicles, fire trucks, the police, ambulances, buses and taxis? Still allowed.
After ten years....the 12 trips per year would be cut in half.
More or less a forbidden zone for cars? Yes.
What would happen, in terms of consequences? I'd generally predict three things.
First, a fair number of people would find the courage to move out of the Berlin 'zone' and escape the approaching restriction.
Second, some people wouldn't care, and might just dump their car altogether....to live in such a 'zone'.
Third, they were careful in the wording not to mention scooters, and this leads me to think that you'd start to see 20,000 scooters within the zone....creating an odd new problem.
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