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Amsterdam's head of transport has announced plans to ban petrol and diesel cars in the city by 2030.
The clean air action plan aims to make the Dutch capital a "world leader in emission-free transport".
Transport chief Sharon Dijksma said residents "live a year less on average due to dirty air" and that the plan should "prolong the health of the average Amsterdammer by three months."
But the plan has already incited strong reactions in the Netherlands with one motoring organisation branding it "bizarre" and wondering how normal people would afford electric cars.
The plan, which would be applied 20 years before the Paris Agreement aims to slash greenhouse gas emissions, would require up to 23,000 electric charging points by 2025. The city currently has 3,000.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @11:59AM
> They have a very, very strange mindset.
I've heard similar from a Dutch friend--he went to school in Canada, stayed for ~20 years and was part of a startup. At some point it made sense for him to manage the Euro part of the business and he moved back. Bought a BMW i3 (limited range electric car) and when we talked a couple of years later he confirmed that, just when you want the range (bad weather, usually) is when the range dropped off. Very frustrating to use that car as your only car.
But I wouldn't call it "strange", it is the result of their culture. They've learned to live at high density and to cooperate much more than we (N. America) are used to, for their perceived common good.