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I don't know how often you buy new refrigerators, but I would rather hire a delivery company every time I change my refrigerator if that means living in a clean city.

On the other car, the ban for private cars usually has only effect during a period of the day. In Barcelona, at least, you can access most streets in the city center after 20:00.



> hire a delivery company

As usual, this plan is OK for the more affluent and makes life more difficult for the poor.


Poor people are probably using public transit, not driving in the first place. Investment in public transportation would be good for them. Investment in roads (automobile infrastructure) benefits only those who can afford cars.


So it is more expensive to pay a one time fee to deliver the fridge (which a lot of companies do, or make it free), than to own and run a car?


What you say may be true in US cities, or in the countryside.

For me, living in Tokyo, it is really cheaper not owning a car but renting it when I need to, or hiring a delivery service. I guess that the same happens in most major European cities.




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