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[–] bob@feddit.uk 51 points 1 month ago (10 children)

This isn't the way to get rid of cars. If public transit is still shit, people will still have cars. They will instead park on the roadside and be more unhappy that their parking isn't convenient.

[–] Clanket@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Public transport in Barcelona is excellent

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

I only visited but it seemed very good to me. Up by the university I was astounded by how much they packed (subway, trams, buses going anywhere and everywhere.)

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago

There is no way to get rid of cars without inconveniencing drivers, and they will have to be very inconvenienced.

[–] WatermelonPaloma@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Public transport in Barcelona is great, and street parking for residents is also pretty affordable.

[–] sanzky@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Barcelona has great public transit and quite a decent bike lane network. I have no idea why people use cars in Barcelona.

[–] megrania@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago

Parking on the roadside (outside the official parking spots, which you have to pay for) will usually get you a ticket or towed ... free public roadside parking is mostly a thing of the past in most densely-populated places, really ...

[–] Khrux@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 month ago

A lot of European apartment parking is just a designated street parking space anyway. I'm not sure if that's the case in Barcelona, but I see it often in the UK.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Getting rid of parking is 100% the easiest way to get rid of cars. Maybe second easiest besides replacing roads with pedestrian walk ways.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Building efficient inexpensive public transit is the best way to get rid of cars. Otherwise you just have cars circling blocks looking for a parking spot.

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They'll do that one or two times in a city before realizing it's better to take public transit in.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I knew people who would move their cars every week just to be able to drive out of the city once a month.

[–] Baguette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I think this is fine

It means easier rules for housing in a city that's mostly friendly to public transit and biking, which should help with the rising housing cost Spain is dealing with.

If you live in barcelona you aren't expecting to need a car anyways.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 month ago

you could have just looked up barcelona on a map, you know. This comment feels like astroturfing.