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Oslo, Norway to Ban Cars in Its City Center By 2019

2015-10-19 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Oslo will ban cars from its city center by 2019, becoming the first European capital to adopt a permanent prohibition on cars in its downtown area. The newly elected city council announced that the city would also build at least 60 kilometers (37 miles) of new bike lanes by 2019 and provide a massive boost of investment in public transportation. Business owners in central Oslo fear that the car ban will reduce revenues, but leaders of the new council said the ban could even increase visitors to...

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