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City Centres Across Central and Eastern Europe Remain Heavily Dependent on Private Cars, New City Rankings Show

City centres across Central and Eastern Europe remain stubbornly car-dependent. Among private car owners in the region, 17% drive to the city centre on every single trip and a further 26% do so on most visits — with only 38% saying they rarely or never take their own car downtown. The findings come from the Car-Free City Center rating, part of the Friendly City Index, a database of city rankings tracking urban mobility habits across the region, published ahead of Car-Free Day on 22 September.