There's a German term that you see once in a while now...."Autofreie Innenstädte"....basically translated....'car-free-city'.
The meaning? It means the city spent a lot to create subways, trams, or bus routes....hoping you'd leave the car at home, and go public-trans the whole way.
The negative of this trend? Well....if you were going to buy strictly a sweater, or to see a doctor....fine, this might work.
If you were buying six to ten items (bulky in nature)....you really have no wish to lug 10 to 20 kg of crap around for three hours in the city.
So what develops out of this....you buy less from downtown....ordering it (to be delivered to your house).
I'm not saying there's a secret agenda here...but it sure suggests some idiot planned this to crap-out downtown German commercial districts/shopping areas.
How things will be in ten years? I'm pretty sure that parking in Wiesbaden's central region.....will be 12 Euro for two hours....making a harsh reality to venture downtown....other than using the bus.
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