CAR FREE - Why Health Requires Car Free Communities

Continuing the drafting of the forthcoming Kindle book  CAR FREE 71 Aphorisms 
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Public health will improve if retrograde forces  do not hamper current efforts to improve it But as long as the car and highway culture rules we will have a society that tends toward the obese and indolent Car free communities would largely eliminate both obesity and indolence Car free communities would enable  travel everywhere by foot For most walking unimpeded  with no traffic to deal with is a pleasure For those who wish to prolong life  it approaches the necessary A half hour walk daily  is the new apple a day
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I envision communities on four levels in an eco-sufficient structure somewhat like a stadium It would contain all elements of a community residences workplaces shops businesses piazzas squares multiple kiosks Life would be structured to make the outside  as enjoyable as one's own private spaces One could walk unimpeded for miles along interesting byways teeming with life but not over-crowded There would be places to sit and rest or recreate every 300 feet It would be a walkers' paradise And all because in a single square mile of God's earth cars if needed at all would be relegated to the periphery This is but one of the public health ramifications of living car free


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