One of the main ideas
for the precinct is the phasing out of vehicles within the Paddington Precinct
in order to make its proposed future of 2020 a reality. Thinking about how this
would come about reminded me of the government’s initiative to phase out
cigarettes.
Whilst researching I
came across this article by Andrew Darby and Ami Corderoy titled “Big to ban
cigarettes for anyone born after 2000” published on The Sydney Morning Herald
on 22 August, 2012. The idea, as detailed in the article, is that anyone born
after the year 2000 would be banned from purchasing cigarettes once they are of
legal age.
It got me thinking –
could a similar concept be use to phase out vehicles in the Paddington
precinct? Perhaps only hybrid cars would be allowed in the precinct by 2010,
perhaps only electrical cars by 2015 and then no vehicles at all by 2020?
Could this concept also
be applied nationwide? Could vehicles that rely on fossil fuels be banned from
being imported into the country and likewise, manufactured?
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