Africa
| Location | Area | Population | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | City center | 960,100 | Until very recently (2004), most of the city saw very little cars on the street, and transport within the city basically consisted of the bicycle or by foot. This was because of the cities' urban planning (mostly boulevards planted on both sides with green trees or baobabs), yet presumably also because of the villager's low income. At present, more mechanized transport is seen on the streets such as motorcycles and small cars. |
| Lamu, Kenya | Entire Island | Several thousand but exact population unknown. | Lamu town is an old, Swahili settlement where only foot, cycle and donkey traffic is allowed. |
| Fes el Bali, Morocco | The Medina of Fes-el-Bali | 156,000 (2002), making it the most populated car free district in the world | Fes-el-Bali, the larger of the two medinas of Fes, is a nearly intact medieval city. The entire medina was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981, with 13,380 historic buildings since enumerated in the course of a thorough GIS survey of the medina. There are reputed to be 10,539 retail businesses in the medina, which remains a prime commercial center of the city of Fes (population about 1,000,000). Fes-el-Bali's medieval streets are entirely inaccessible by automobile. Only foot, cycle, donkey and cart traffic is even possible. A few access streets for emergency vehicles are being built. |
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