From Copenhagenize.com — Bicycle Culture by Design: Closing Streets to Cars - for Good

Post-pedestrianisation in Copenhagen's City Centre.

FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. This is the general feeling when drivers know that the street they usually drive on, may soon be closed to vehicular traffic. This feeling has, to some degree, been used by those who decide to build new roads. In other words, we still live according to Henry Ford's motto, “With mobility comes freedom and progress”. As someone who works with urban planning this can be viewed as when the ends actually justify the means – cities scratched by black tar marks, roads planned and built with eyes closed. Read more: Copenhagenize.com - Bicycle Culture by Design: Closing Streets to Cars - for Good