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Amsterdam to Ban All Diesel and Petrol Cars and Motorbikes by 2030

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday May 07 2019, @11:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the full-of-electric-eels dept.

inertnet writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @06:17PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @06:17PM (#840318)

    Do the buses have weird restrictions on time of day or day of week the way there are in many cities in Trumpland?

    Of course not, the restrictions are quite sane: reduced frequency on weekends, reduced service between 01:00 and 06:00.

    a third works more than a kilometer from the nearest bus stop

    For that you can take your bicycle [wikipedia.org] with you.

    How does liability insurance for car renters who don't own a car work?

    How do suppose it works? Liability insurance is part of the rental contract, of course.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @06:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @06:59PM (#840348)

    Lots of credit cards have built in insurance too, if you use that car to rent...

  • (Score: 2) by Pino P on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:05PM

    by Pino P (4721) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:05PM (#840884) Journal

    Of course not, the restrictions are quite sane: reduced frequency on weekends, reduced service between 01:00 and 06:00.

    What difference in the economy makes running the buses more often than once an hour, or at all at night or on Sundays, viable where you live?

    For that you can take your [folding] bicycle with you.

    That sort of depends on climate. Do you get thunderstorms or snow where you live?