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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 07 2019, @06:27PM (1 child)
Heh, our cities are very much designed for people. And for public transit. AND for cars.
I love Europe, been great every time I visited. I can see living there. But the simple truth is that European cities are older, and therefore, had narrower roads. And fast moving highways are much rarer.
This doesn't even remotely mean that Canadian cities don't have public transit. But it does mean that since Canadian cities are "younger", they have nice, wide roads everywhere... loads off highways, and can ALSO have public transit.
Toronto has subways, trains, buses, boats, ferries, everything you see in Europe. And! It has much, much better driving.
But please, continue your narrative. Close your eyes, and believe it is binary.
Because judging from your post, I doubt there's any point trying to convince you elsewise...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 08 2019, @06:36AM
Yay! Canada wins!!! Only indoors for 6 months.