We’ve tried reducing gridlock with the carrot, now it’s time for some stick
<p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-64219939" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">London is one of the world’s most congested cities</a>. And yet only 20% of Londoners use their car regularly to get from home to work and back, and 41% of households in the city do not own a car at all.</p>
<p>However, London’s structure seems designed to accommodate the more cars, the better: <a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/land-use-ward" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">8.8% of the city’s surface area is dedicated to residential space, while 12.4% is dedicated to streets and roads</a>, and in some specific neighborhoods, the statistic is even more extreme. It is as if the city is literally for cars, and people are simply allowed to live as best they can.</p>
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