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Inspired by: FP7 » Cars Banned from City Centres

version: 3 / updated: 2010-10-27
id: #995 / version id: #478
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Originally submitted by: Cornelia Daheim
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Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

Theme 7 - Transport (including aeronautics)

Sub-theme/area of inspiration

SST: The greening of surface transport

Uploaded reports, images or pictures related to the Weak Signal

File name File type File size
Individual_Mobility.jpg image 210529 open

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)
Cars Banned from City Centres

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
Environmental reasons and increasing chaos from a rising number of cars has led to European cities increasingly banning individual transport. Many European cities have already created designated zones for pedestrians and additionally introduced city tolls to enforce a reduction of inner city transport. A few small cities and islands are entirely car-free.

Keywords

urban areas, individual mobility, European cities, public transport, car-free

Mini-description

(max. 250 characters)
Environmental reasons and increasing chaos from a rising number of cars has led to European cities increasingly banning individual transport. Eventually, in-dividual motorised transport could be replaced by a comprehensive public sys-tem altogether.

Signal's first apperance

before 2000

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...
issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 Individual motorised transport could be replaced by a comprehensive public system in all EU city centres. continuation
 		mainly beneficial
 		now-2025

Under what assumption the Weak Signal might evolve.

more measures to mitigate climate change; higher awareness in the population for climate change

Importance

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Level 3: important for the European Union

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

information/communicational filters (media/editorial interests, language, reasoning)
economic filters (business/market interests)
political filters (party or ideological interests)