Former New York State transportation commissioner calls for “car-free” city.
Former New York City transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan argued on behalf of what she called “car-free cities” to combat climate change while appearing on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS” Sunday.
“Many cities in Europe are flirting with banning private cars from the roads, and many more have at least partial bans in place. There is the obvious reason to combat climate change, but car-free cities are also leading to a better quality of life. Without cars, there’s less smell, less noise, more space to walk, to dine outdoors, to play,” Zakaria said.
Sadik-Khan stopped short of promoting sale bans but applauded actions from city, state and country leaders to promote other “options” besides driving cars.