[nwiswell]

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[epistasis]

There is a happy medium between "cars must come first" and "no trucks ever, even emergency vehicles." There's even the easy happy medium of "no private vehicles during peak times."

[dymk]

I wonder how Tokyo functions? I guess people just die waiting for an ambulance or in a fire.

See this part of the comment you’re replying to -

> Yes we need some roads, but cars driving in the heart of downtown as normal transit?

[fooker]

Tokyo barely makes it into the top hundred by population density.

Also yes, for most large cities you can find news articles about people dying in fires or because of an ambulance getting delayed.

[wat10000]

A cool thing about hard surfaced pedestrian areas, you can build them strong enough for vehicles without allowing the whole world to drive on them.

[apothegm]

You keep roads but aside from a few arteries, allow only bicycles, pedestrians, emergency vehicles, and things like dropping off/picking up passengers with disabilities.

If the roads are closed to non-emergency traffic, fire trucks and ambulances get where they need to be faster than if the roads are clogged with personal vehicles.

[benhurmarcel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2dHFC31VtQ