car-free community planned for south carolina
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I must not be dreaming this, because I'm looking at the Bicycle City, S.C.,
website right now. According to what I read there, a group of
developers is planning a car-free, cycling-centric town near Columbia,
S.C. Their goals look mighty ambitious--miles of hiking/biking trails,
lakefront recreation, a town center and market, bunches of LEED
houses--and the particulars are a bit sketchy at this point, but I wish
them all the luck in the world. I have long believed that the easiest
way to preserve or improve the quality of a place is simply to keep cars
out of it. A new town planned on that principle is an exciting
prospect. --B.D.S.