> you can keep your wide roads and open squares to yourself.
Having a city that is not so poorly designed that it is crammed with traffic, and having pedestrianised areas are not mutually exclusive concepts.
> The way to solve the issue of traffic is to remove cars from the road, not to transform your cities into places aimed specifically at cars.
If you don't have well-designed roads, it is difficult to provide good pedestrianised areas, because you simply don't have space. The grid system devotes far more space to cars and pedestrian walkways by design, which enables you to have squares and pedestrian areas if you so wish.
It's not about designing around the car, it's about having some idea of design, rather than assuming a laissez-faire approach is a good idea.
Having a city that is not so poorly designed that it is crammed with traffic, and having pedestrianised areas are not mutually exclusive concepts.
> The way to solve the issue of traffic is to remove cars from the road, not to transform your cities into places aimed specifically at cars.
If you don't have well-designed roads, it is difficult to provide good pedestrianised areas, because you simply don't have space. The grid system devotes far more space to cars and pedestrian walkways by design, which enables you to have squares and pedestrian areas if you so wish.
It's not about designing around the car, it's about having some idea of design, rather than assuming a laissez-faire approach is a good idea.