Electric vehicles don’t pollute at source, so should they be exempt from congestion charging?“But we also need to be thinking the best car is a bicycle or a bus or a train or walking or not a car at all. We must prioritize people, not cars.”
Cars, she said, were “sometimes necessary for people’s mobility and social inclusion needs, not least those with disabilities” but that “car-centric cities particularly disadvantage the already-marginalized.” weakened in 2020. Businesses were allowed to install terraces on the sidewalk, as well as on the parking lots on the streets. Creating car-free streets and providing protected cycleways lowered car use in city centers by up to 20%. Other measures in the top 12 include workplace parking levies, car clubs to reduce individual ownership of cars, and technologies such as transit apps.