Future Cities : These cities of the world towards becoming petrol-diesel free cities [TKB World]

When will petrol and diesel end from the world?

By the year 2016, the total oil reserve in the world was estimated to be 1.65 trillion tonnes. Which was 46 times the world’s needs every year. This means that environmentalists were thinking that the world has 47 more years of oil left, that is, by the year 2063, the world will have become petrol-diesel free .

Cities of the world which are moving rapidly towards a petrol-diesel free world.

1. Mackinac Island no such role model

Pollution-free-traffic-free and fuel-free, Mackinac Island, Michigan, America, started the mission of fulfilling that dream since the year 1898 when all motorized vehicles were started. Banned. This island uses bicycles and heritage-preserved horse carts for transport. For its traditional identity, this city has been the center of attraction for nature lovers from all over the world for decades. Today, when other cities are fighting a battle to make themselves pollution free, it is natural for the people here to be proud of themselves.

2. Venice City is different

The beautiful city of Venice, Italy, which looks beautiful due to the waterways passing back and forth between homes, offices and schools and colleges and boats, water buses and steamers running in the center of the city, is seen worldwide as a symbol of a city free of vehicles. Everywhere from the middle of the city, there is a network of canals instead of roads, people have their own boats, so boats are the main means of commuting in the city even for public transport. People here also use these pollution free means for movement with great carelessness.

3. Car Free Street of London

Britain has set a target to completely ban the purchase of petrol buses by 2025 and petrol cars by 2030. If you want to see how the glimpse of this coming tomorrow will be, then you should walk towards the middle street area of ​​London where cars running on petrol and diesel are already banned. There except emergency vehicles, no other vehicle gets entry nor parking space. Rather, complete facilities have been arranged here for vehicles running from new fuel options like solar, electric and hydrogen.

4. Paris’s Car-Free Zones

The city of Paris in France is moving towards many changes to get rid of the pollution caused by petrol and diesel. There many days are celebrated as Car Free Day. Apart from this, preparations are being made to declare the roads inside the city as car free zone from the year 2024. That is, people will be able to use only the means of public transport running on green energy inside the city. City planners are moving forward on the plan to develop many districts of Paris as car free zones.

5. The world is convinced of Copenhagen’s cycling

Denmark’s capital Copenhagen is preparing to meet the target of zero emissions in the next three years. That is, completely free from polluting vehicles. Cycle is the fashion statement of this city. Cycle lanes across the city have been made completely safety-oriented. At the traffic signal, the cycles are first passed with priority. Be it professionals or businessmen going to the office, or the parents who take the children to school, all ride the cycles with great pride. Several startups in the city are working on new lifestyle technologies that have made cycling more easy for people by creating cycle-friendly roads, modern sky-slopes.

6. Vancouver’s Future Transport Plan Will Surprise Everyone

The beautiful Canadian city of Vancouver has set itself a target to free itself from the use of oil by 2050. By the year 2035, there is a plan to ban cars and small trucks running on petrol and diesel. By 2040, all petrol-diesel vehicles will be banned and by 2050 their use in other works will also be banned.

7. The Magic of Auckland’s Streets

If you do not have a car and still you want to roam every luxury area of ​​the city with pride, then you can get this facility in Auckland, the capital of New Zealand. The rapid rail network connecting all the major centers of the city, electric cars-taxis, small cruises running between the city will make you feel every luxury. People there will have to make a habit of public transport because this city is preparing to ban petrol-diesel cars and vans by the year 2050.

8. Cars Off the Streets of Cape Town

Traffic free roads, to get rid of the noise of vehicles, Cape Town, the capital of South Africa, has made many areas car-free zones. It started with making most major streets in the CBD car-free from 2 pm to 11 pm. Preparations are also being made to make car-free zones in many other areas of the city so that along with making the city pollution free, people can also be freed from traffic jams on the roads.

9. The Battle of Mexico City’s Overpopulation and Pollution

Mexico, which is known for its petroleum production and export, is also moving towards a future free from petrol and diesel cars. From the year 2019 itself, the plan to reduce diesel vehicles started there. Apart from this, steps have also been taken to control pollution by reducing the amount of sulfur in the fuel. In order to get rid of more population, traffic jams and more pollution, this city has set a target to ban polluting cars by 2025.

10. Omission-Free Vision of Quito

To prevent pollution from petrol and diesel cars, the Ecuadorian city of Quito has also planned to ban such vehicles by the year 2035. Many companies there have accelerated the work of manufacturing cheap electric cars so that after the ban, this goal of transport can be fulfilled and the carbon-free vehicles necessary for transport can be provided to the people.

11. Nowhere Like Barcelona City Planning

The city of Barcelona in Spain has prepared a plan to simultaneously send 50 thousand vehicles and motorbikes to rest from the streets of the city. The planners of this city have made a plan to completely ban the vehicles spreading more pollution on the roads of the city from 7 am to 8 pm. In order to strictly implement this decision, provisions have been made for heavy fines on the owners of the vehicles if the banned vehicles are caught on the roads. Such a unique step has been brought in this city. The city administration offered free-travel card T-verde to the car owners who agreed to give their vehicles in scrap. Which they will be able to use for free travel in the metro, intercity bus, tram, train and other public transport services of the city of Barcelona. After giving the car in scrap, there is a rule not to buy a new vehicle for three years and the facility of free travel card has also been provided to other family members of the vehicle owners who do so.