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“No city can solve its transportation problems if it neglects the greatest self-propelling vehicle of all: the pedestrian.” One of many really smart things Lewis Mumford said a really long time ago about cars, transportation and cities. Read more, via @davidzipper.bsky.social.
bloomberg.com
The Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged Cities
70 years before congestion pricing landed in New York City, Lewis Mumford sounded the alarm on letting automobiles run amok in America’s downtowns.