In the late 1960s, proposals to ban private cars from Manhattan emerged, offering alternatives like public transportation, taxis, and essential vehicles. Writers Percival and Paul Goodman argued for a car-free environment, citing the intolerable traffic situation. They highlighted benefits such as community cohesion and reduced congestion. Eight years later, Norman Mailer and Jimmy Breslin ran on a platform advocating for the same ban, suggesting a monorail and public bike system for transportation needs, while still allowing for taxis and buses in the city.
"The present situation is intolerable and all other proposed solutions of it are uneconomic, disruptive, unhealthy, non-urban or impractical," they wrote.
Several benefits were offered up, including community cohesion and reduced traffic.
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