Although plastic particles in the air are increasingly coming into focus, knowledge about their distribution and effects is still limited. Chemical analyses from Leipzig now provide details from Germany for the first time: Around 4% of the particulate matter consists of plastic. Around two-thirds of this comes from tire abrasion.
We need to get cars out of cities. A blanket ban. Only emergency vehicles, and maybe small trucks for deliveries, and cars for people with disabilities. That’s it.
Imagine how beautiful, safe, silent our cities would be.
I’d allow:
Sort out public transport, make it very attractive, even free. Charge for cars, parking, etc, with suspension for needs like disability, hospital appointments, that kind of thing.
The political capital required for such an agenda is immense.
I don’t think you realize the level of Stockholm syndrome created by cars. When you spend more than 50k on a car, of course you don’t want the government to ban it or make it harder for you to justify your purchase.
It’s been done so it’s possible and of course change is hard.