Ask the Dutch. How do they do it? Or do you assume they do not have young kids or grandmas?
Why is it that whenever people talk about designing cities for pedestrians and bikes, someone on hackernews thinks it means eliminating all cars entirely forever. For a forum ostensibly designed for entrepreneurs, it shows a tremendous lack of imagination.
Answer:
* Public transportation inside cities such as buses and trams
* Trains to rural areas
* Park-and-ride garages for people to drive in, and park next to transportation hubs
* Underground parking garages at the edges of pedestrian zones, or even underneath them, coming up directly above them
* Ubiquitous bike storage and bike attachments such that yes, in fact, a mom with 3 young kids can tow them from a single bike - moms in Amsterdam and Berlin do it all the time.
Why is it that whenever people talk about designing cities for pedestrians and bikes, someone on hackernews thinks it means eliminating all cars entirely forever. For a forum ostensibly designed for entrepreneurs, it shows a tremendous lack of imagination.
Answer: * Public transportation inside cities such as buses and trams
* Trains to rural areas
* Park-and-ride garages for people to drive in, and park next to transportation hubs
* Underground parking garages at the edges of pedestrian zones, or even underneath them, coming up directly above them
* Ubiquitous bike storage and bike attachments such that yes, in fact, a mom with 3 young kids can tow them from a single bike - moms in Amsterdam and Berlin do it all the time.