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EURA Conversation #75
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Conversation #75
URBAN MOBILITY AS A POLITICAL CONFLICT
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Car-free zones have become a new normal in many European cities. Cities like Paris, Milan, London and Oslo have restricted car-driving in the city centres to improve air quality, reduce congestion, and enhance urban amenities. Car-free zones are seen as a key means of reducing emission from transport and to reach climate neutrality by 2050. Today, transport emissions represent around 25 % of the EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions (European Commission 2025). According to the European Commission, achieving climate-neutrality requires ambitious changes in transport in all levels: continentally, nationally and locally. Change never happens without growing pains. Changes in transport systems have triggered a lot of resistance [...] Keep reading...
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