RE: With gas prices major problem: opportunity for carfree program

I have noticed in some car-free areas of Shanghai, the fire service is built
into the community's structure.  There are facilities with extinguishers and
hoses at certain points  in the community, which means the community members
are largely their own fire department.

It is also worth noting that these communities have no buildings taller than
three stories, which also tends to mitigate the need for more elaborate fire
protection investments.

Best regards,

Lloyd

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Aaron said:

>Surely we cannot go straight for a 100% carfree world, not least because
car-like vehicles are needed for emergency services.

Emergency services are a bit of a red herring. The actual number of trips is
very small and most of the police activity can be on bikes. The number of
ambulance runs will be down significantly now that people aren't getting
hurt in car crashes. 

Except for Venice and Fes, no existing city has streets that are too narrow
for emergency services. When we narrow the streets after cars are gone, we
must make sure not to make them so narrow that fire trucks cannot serve all
buildings. This is not difficult, and smaller fire trucks are already in
wide use in Japan in any case.

So, there's really no reason to delay on the conversion to carfree cities.

Best,

Joel





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