If Amsterdam bans traditional cars and trucks, will it isolate itself from the rest of Europe?
a ban on the use of internal combustion vehicles—meaning diesel and gasoline-powered cars and trucks— inside the city by 2030. What will it look like for a single city to take such a step?
If someone is visiting Amsterdam from Rotterdam, she can take the train, but she may not want to. Will Amsterdam build new, giant parking lots outside of the city to accommodate those who drive to Amsterdam in non-electric vehicles? Those parking lots would be large expanses of concrete, destroying green spaces and attracting traffic, noise and air pollution to a suburban locale.
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