“We had people complaining that a drive of 300 metres became a car journey of two kilometres,” remembers Watteeuw. “We had to explain that we don’t want people to use a car for 300 metres: they should walk.”
“It has transformed the grey (but even then exciting town) where I came to study 38 years ago into the lively and diverse city it is now”
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“It’s a big misunderstanding that the city is not accessible anymore – we only got rid of [car] traffic that doesn’t need to be there”
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“What stands out most is the silence. Gone was the typical noise of cars. The air also tastes better than in the small towns where traffic is denser than in the city”
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“Now the city centre is fun to hang around in all day through. The number of cyclists is increasing impressively. Pedestrians are having a good time”
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“The city is much more enjoyable than before. Some busy streets were just used as a passing-through by cars, by people who don’t live in the city and who don’t really need to be there”
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“In fact, the car-free zones are just a very small part of the city. My only hope is that they continue to expand it to smaller districts outside the city centre of Ghent”
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“More people put their chairs out in the summer to sit on the pavement and talk, and some streets become ‘living streets’ where the kids can play outside”
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