While in Moscow argue whether paid Parking and is it possible to transplant motorists on public transport, someone offers to completely close the city centres. Imagine a city without cars! Beauty. The City Council of Oslo has stated that by 2019, in the centre of the Norwegian capital will ban vehicular traffic. Permanently. This is the first time such restrictions in the European capital.Instead, the Council plans within three years to pave 60 kilometers of bike lanes. I also want to attract investment for maintenance of bus and trolley traffic in the center. And for dessert — going to subsidize the purchase of electric bicycles.This news caught me in the English media. There write about it with ill-concealed delight: look, they say, what good fellows, care about the environment, constructs a city for pedestrians and cyclists. Yeah, complaining about businesses that are located in this part of town shopping centers may decrease the number of buyers. But does it matter when we're trying to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent global warming?I wanted details, so I went on a Norwegian news sites. Things were not so rosy.
