Would you want to live in a carfree city?

I was very intrigued by the book Carfree Cities, by J H Crawford. The book starts off explaining why cars are such a large problem for cities in terms of pollution, sprawl and congestion. It then outlines a basically simple plan for a city that banishes them to the outskirts, where owners can use them outside of the city.

A lot of thought went into the book and the overall plan is presented in enough detail to convince anyone that it is quite doable. Crawford lays out a plan for a city built around a 6 lobed light rail (subway) system. For a city up to a million people, all building would be concentrated along the rail system, leaving 80% of the city as green space. Nobody would be more than 35 minutes away from any part of the city. Instead of a grid system, cities would be built more closely resembling the old European system of local plazas.

For a brief overview go to http://www.carfree.com/ and read the introductory, topology and any other sections that strike your fancy.