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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMilan Bans Cars to Combat Horrible Smog
http://gizmodo.com/milan-bans-cars-to-combat-horrible-smog-1749938293Beijing and Delhi are both planning major initiatives to kick cars off their streets, at least part of the time. Now even cities that arent famous for their pollution are taking drastic measures to clean up their air. Today, Milans streets are filled with bikes and pedestrians as part of three-day car ban.
Milan is blanketed in a thick smog thats created unhealthy air quality conditions for the past 31 days. This is due to excessively warm, dry weather thats persisted for several weeksparts of Italy have not seen rain for almost two months. Many cities in China and India have been experimenting with limiting cars in their downtowns to curb dangerous levels of particulate matter in the atmosphere.
The Italian citys no-car days are rather conservative, ordering only private vehicles off the streets for six hours a day. The 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. window doesnt interfere with major commute times and will only last three days, Monday through Wednesday, of this week. In addition, the city is offering a discount on public transit to encourage more people to ride the trains and buses instead of drive.
Europe has been dealing with some pretty nasty smog throughout 2015, with Paris experimenting with limiting cars during the week as well as adding some fun car-free days as well. Down south, Rome is restricting cars in its downtown to alternate day access using odd and even plate numbers until weather patterns change. And Florence has limited cars in its city center through New Years Eve.
I'd love to see NYC without cars for a day.
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Milan Bans Cars to Combat Horrible Smog (Original Post)
FLPanhandle
Dec 2015
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dembotoz
(16,832 posts)1. in public transportation hating wisconsin life would stop
and the gop would blame it on the past dems
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)2. I wonder how much it will improve air quality especially 10-4
They have their siesta from 1-4 already.
Rex
(65,616 posts)3. LOL! You sound like a know nothing tourist.
They don't have siestas in Italy. You must have your countries confused. Most store hours are set by local government.