We arrived
York on Sunday, we hosted Viki, a wonderful lady with a beautiful family of 2 children and husband, James. We were like we knew of life and put on the uniform of Mexico to watch the game against Argentina, it does not say more, but it was sweet to share the loss with the British.
York is an amazing city, is an air very different from Guadalajara and the first thing you can tell the huge sidewalks are inevitably placed in an embarrassing situation to compete, if it were, the width of the streets: no one of more than two lanes and live in them cyclists, bus drivers and some ducks who dare to cross without fear of the "avenues."
A wall enclosing the city that was founded nearly 2000 years ago by the Roman people. And only you can understand that a city preserve its heritage so when one observes that the so-called Western modernity has not made their own cars and industries infesting the city. On the contrary, progress here is one breathes very different from that claim many characters in Mexico. Progress in York translates directly into quality of life for its inhabitants. No rush, people walk to work or ride the city without any problems. Public transport is also linked to a series of parking lots on the outskirts of the city that allow you to leave the car and move without him for the rest of the day, if you live far away. The center is almost pedestrian, with some access to local traffic and trucks.
The conference "Towards Car Free Cities" has been a success so far. People in Croatia, Slovakia, Brazil, USA, England, Mexico, Australia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, South Africa, Austria, Estonia, has been discussing the future of cities (which should happen now): how to solve mobility problems how to make space for people and not cars, how to bridge the gaps of poverty, how to equitable cities through of good land management, how to involve people in every community planning processes and how to transform a savage capitalism and sustainable local economies ... all through the empowerment of civil society.
The presentations ranged from historical tours on the death of pedestrian life in England and strategies for resurrecting the same, to the psychology of dependence on the automobile that offers many feelings of security, control, identity in exchange for the loss freedom and ability to react to uncertainty. He also has talked a lot about how to make the cars of many cities in Europe, although they between 15% and 30% of bicycle traffic and high percentages of public transport, even competing with 25-30% of car use which jeopardizes the quality of life in Europe.
600 million cars in the world which cause 1.2 million deaths each year. This is the reality that the movement "Cities Without Auto" (carfree movement) faced with specialists from various disciplines. Keep you informed in detail of the presentations and reactions to the data of Mexican reality.
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