The American city where cars do not enter there are 115 years
Mackinac Island, in the u.s. State of Michigan, is a quiet popular island and vacation resort, a place where more than 15 thousand people seek some days more calm and healthy. She is best known, however, for another done: there are 115 years that don't go in any car.The ban on the entry of vehicles in Mackinac Island emerged January 6, 1898, when a law was passed that sentenciava: "the transit of horseless carriages are prohibited within the limits of the village of Mackinac". Since then, the law has been revised so that bicycles could be carried over without breaking the rules, but the cars remain banned.According to the sustainable planet, when the first cars appeared in the region, residents decided they posed too much pollution and noise. The solution: ban them forever.Today, bicycles are the main means of transport of the population â€" there are 14 miles of roads â€" but also the carriages did not lose the charm of other centuries, and can be seen easily.In Mackinac Island there are no parking spots or gas stations. For security reasons, the local Council has a few cars to its dispôsição. But they only come out on the road in case of emergency."It is an egalitarian society, since all have the same means of transport," wrote Jeff Potter on Bicycle Times. According to the journalist, the air is cleaner in Mackinac, there are fewer diseases and road accidents.Ironically, Michigan is also the main State of the American car industry. Coincidences.
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