[CaptainDecisive]

Your comment is interesting because it hadn't even occurred to me that the parent comment might be being sarcastic. I thought the emphasis on love was being serious. My experience is older folks (maybe 80 and up? Not really sure) start to lose confidence or ability with driving and give it up. Hence need to walk and take public transport. So less cars and a more walkable neighborhood is a win for them as well as everybody else :-)

[wccrawford]

It was sarcastic because many seniors can't walk long distances. The idea that if they want something they "walk to get it" is ridiculous.

The missing component is that when you ban cars, you have to have good public transit to replace them, especially for the elderly and disabled.

[dondawest]

Yes and yes :)

[amanaplanacanal]

I'm only 62 and I hate driving. If I can walk or bike where I'm going, that's my preference by far, modulo whatever the weather is doing.

Unfortunately where I live the public transportation is awful, so I end up driving more than I would prefer.

[clairity]

yes, as i understand it, high walkability promotes self-reliance/independence, which correlates highly with quality of life and longevity.

since "love" is an intensified term already, the italics seemed to imply sarcasm to me, but i'm open to being told i misread the prior comment. =)

[dondawest]

I was being sarcastic. The other comments on here are quite illuminating, discussing how many senior citizens love walking. That’s cool.

The problem with the car-free plan is that many senior citizens literally do not have the ability to walk unassisted. And the car-free plan seems to exclude these people in a dramatic way. That’s why I intended the parent comment to be sarcastic.

I get that some old people love to walk. But some old people LITERALLY ARE UNABLE to walk, and those are the ones who would love this plan the most. (I AM BEING SARCASTIC HERE).