In Europe, the majority of citizens want to promote modes of transport which are more respectful of the environment. Many citizens are worried about the quality of the air they breathe and put air pollution at the top of their list of environmental concerns. Most of them are also in favour of increasing the amount of greenways and pedestrian areas over highways in order to rebuild a common sense of neighbourhood and local community and to solve air quality and noise pollution. These facts are apparent when analysing the opinion polls distributed during the European Mobility Week.

Case studies from around the world show that it is possible to reduce capacity available to cars without increasing traffic congestion in the surrounding streets. On the contrary, ‘traffic evaporation’ occurs which results in a more liveable environment in many different aspects. So why not try it?

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