Construction of a new neighborhood is set to begin in Utrecht next week. The neighborhood, called Merwede, is scheduled to be the largest car-free district in the Netherlands, with 6,000 homes. The area will be between the Merwedekanaal and Park Transwijk, in the southwestern part of the city, and will be able to house an estimated 12,000 people.The area consists of 1,800 social rental homes, 1,500 mid-range rental and affordable owner-occupied homes, and 2,700 private sector rental and owner-occupied homes, according to the municipality.
They say it’ll have high quality public transport. If this is the same area that a city planner once talked about then it’ll be quite troublesome. Using models they can predict how effective the mobility will be. For the neighborhood he talked about the plans would not work at all.
If I investigate this plan it seems it’ll just be bus lines. At the moment just 2 stops. For 6.000 houses. That seems like a failure.
With the housing shortage they might get sold anyway.