Eco Towns to Limit Cars, Speed

Those crazy Brits are at it again. In a sweeping new plan to help with future residential development, the government is looking to makes areas of towns car-free zones, or post meager 15-mph speed limits. The move isn’t really an anti-car one; the country is experiencing overcrowding issues and hopes these eco-towns will make the best use of space. Multi-laned roads, we guess, take up a lot of space that could be used for other things, like skateboard parks.

The parks are one feature these eco-towns will feature. Also, homes there will be built no farther than 400 meters from public transportation. All is not lost for cars, though: The government is considering car-share concepts instead of car ownership. The loss of cars will cause significant issues for travel, of course, so each town will have to staff an office to help residents figure out how to get around.

New eco-towns to make it hard going for cars with 15mph limit (The Guardian)

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[Mart]

My home town of Portsmouth, on the south coast of the UK just this week became the first city there to have universal 20mph limits on all non-main streets. DOn't be surprised to see many european towns and cities go this route.

These eco-towns are the next logical step, i guess.