Melbourne and Sydney shopkeepers: We need parking out the front of our shops, or else no-one will ever come!!!
Meanwhile, in Vienna (with far fewer people)…
#urbanism #UrbanPlanning #cities #auspol #nswpol #politics @Fuck_cars@lemmy.ml
I’ve been wanting Sydney Rd to go carless for AGES
bUt AuStRiA iS sMaLlEr ThAn AuStRaLiA
This gave me a good chuckle.
There’s a Not Just Bikes video coming out next week on this exact topic (or right now if you have nebula)
Another example: Mariahilfer Straße, also in Vienna: https://wien.rocks/@DieterKomendera/110559546889577580
As far as I can remember, this change benefited most shop, besides Gerngroß.
@ajsadauskas@pixelfed.social @fuck_cars I’ll just add: the population of the Vienna metropolitan area is around 2.9 million people.
Melbourne’s population was 4,875,400 at the most recent census in 2021, while Sydney’s was 4,856,700. So just under 2 million more people in each of them.
Was thinking, I know this place