points by paganel 3 days ago | 0 comments
> Look at European cities that have implemented this even in part,
Which European cities would those be? And I'm not interested by the tourist-infested ones.
[–] boonzeet 3 days ago
[–] fnordian_slip 2 days ago
That's a bit of a problem. As the sibling comment insinuates, if a city has managed this well, it's likely that it will also get a lot of tourists because of the atmosphere. Bamberg would be an example that isn't one of the big ones like Amsterdam, but of course it also gets a lot of tourists.
[–] ahartmetz 1 day ago
If we're talking about shopping streets, almost 100% of them. Towns of a few thousand people have pedestrian zone shopping streets. (They are usually not doing well in small towns.)
Much of the city area, not many at all. Superblocks in Spanish cities come to mind.
Good public transport, common from 100k people or so. Universal in megacities.
La Panne / De Panne, Oostende, Knokke-Heist, etc, all have quite vibrant town centres, seasonal events, food markets, playgrounds, free-to-the-public pétanque/boules courts, you name it.
Then in France, Strasbourg has completely pedestrianised the town centre, which is similarly successful, although a little more touristy as you say - nice places attract tourists and shopping, it's unavoidable!