Here's your chance not just to be the mayor, but the original city planner as well! Imagine a medium sized city that would be developed with modern, low carbon transportation in mind, and other strategies to reduce the average citizens' carbon footprints.
What would that city look like? Would that make you more likely to want to live there?
Sustainable City >
Walkable Cities
I believe that a great and fairly easy way to reduce carbon emissions in big cities is to make them more walkable. Some ways to do this are
-Lowering the speed limit
-Investing in public transportation
-Planting more trees and plants
-Maintaining sidewalks and crosswalks
-Making roads accessible for disabled people
These actions provide a very clear result, which is a less vehicle-dependent city, this can in turn lowers emissions and according to CNU, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 4 tons a year. Not only does creating a walkable city make it more sustainable, but it also increases the health and even life span of residents.
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2021/0 … t%20suburb.
I definitely agree. If you look at any large city in the US, it is built for cars, not for walking or biking. But if you look at many cities in Europe, it is quite the opposite. There are tons of people walking and biking, this was even the case for the US before automobiles became a "necessity" in our lives. While it is true that they are a quick form of transportation, it would be much more efficient and eco-friendly if we go back to streets that are made for people, not cars, and if we finally normalize HSRs in the US. Many well developed countries like Japan, Germany, France, and more, all do this.