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  2. List of car-free islands - Wikipedia

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    Cars were initially banned from streets in July 1898. [33] The use, possession or operation of any motor vehicle is against the law, with very limited exceptions. [34] [35] Bald Head Island, which is off the coast of North Carolina and only accessible by boat or through the ferry system. Travel on the island is by bike or by golf cart.

  3. Schiermonnikoog National Park - Wikipedia

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    The island is a popular place to visit, especially the beaches. Because the island is isolated, because the use of cars by visitors is forbidden and because there are very few inhabitants and farmers on the island, it is one of the best protected Dutch national parks. There is a visitors centre in the village of Schiermonnikoog.

  4. Schiermonnikoog - Wikipedia

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    The island is 16 km (9.9 mi) long and 4 km (2.5 mi) wide and is the site of the Netherlands' first national park. The only village on the island is also called Schiermonnikoog. Around 943 people permanently reside on the island, making the municipality both the least populated and the least densely populated in the Netherlands. Because the ...

  5. Hydra: The Greek island of calm where cars are banned and ...

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  6. Carfree city - Wikipedia

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    Car parks outside the city square provide access to the periphery of the city, but bar access to the core. Often, parkings are created at the outskirts of the city to allow people to park their car there, and/or take an alternative means of transport into town ("park and ride"). These networks allow for logistical components such as centralized ...

  7. Pedestrian zone - Wikipedia

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    Vienna's first pedestrian zone on the Graben (2018) Pedestrian mall in Lima, Peru. Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, [1] and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town restricted to use by people on foot or human-powered transport such as bicycles, with non-emergency motor ...

  8. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass outlines vision for (almost) 'car-free ...

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    L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is pushing public transit and remote work to help keep 2028 Olympics traffic manageable, but LA28 is planning for some car use.

  9. Road signs in the Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The road signs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the Netherlands and six Dutch Caribbean islands), as well as Suriname, [1] are regulated in the Reglement verkeersregels en verkeerstekens 1990, commonly abbreviated as RVV 1990. While most previous signage, from the RVV 1966 (Dutch) remained legal and official, they have been updated / replaced.