In 2019, mobility experts Melissa and Chris Bruntlett began a new
adventure in Delft in the Netherlands. They had packed up their
family in Vancouver, BC, and moved to Delft to experience the
cycling city as residents rather than as visitors. A year earlier
they had become unofficial ambassadors for Dutch cities with the
publication of their first book Building the Cycling City: The
Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality. In Curbing Traffic: The Human
Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives, Melissa and Chris Bruntlett
chronicle their experience living in the Netherlands and the
benefits that result from treating cars as visitors rather than
owners of the road. They weave their personal story with research
and interviews with experts and Delft locals to help readers share
the experience of living in a city designed for people. In the
planning field, little attention is given to the effects that a
“low-car” city can have on the human experience at a
psychological and sociological level. Studies are beginning to
surface that indicate the impact that external factors, such as
sound, can have on our stress and anxiety levels. Or how the
systematic dismantling of freedom and autonomy for children and the
elderly to travel through their cities is causing isolation and
dependency. In Curbing Traffic, the Bruntletts explain why these
investments in improving the built environment are about more than
just getting from place to place more easily and comfortably. The
insights will help decision makers and advocates to better
understand and communicate the human impacts of low-car cities:
lower anxiety and stress, increased independence, social autonomy,
inclusion, and improved mental and physical wellbeing. The book is
organised around the benefits that result from thoughtfully curbing
traffic, resulting in a city that is: child-friendly, connected,
trusting, feminist, quiet, therapeutic, accessible, prosperous,
resilient, and age-friendly. Planners, public officials, and
citizen activists should have a greater understanding of the
consequences that building for cars has had on communities (of all
sizes). Curbing Traffic provides relatable, emotional, and personal
reasons why it matters and inspiration for exporting the low-car
city.
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