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,AU?OR 3 ,GUY ,DEBORD 

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,A MI/AKE MADE BY ALL ! CITY PLANN]S IS TO CONSID] ! PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE 7& ITS BYPRODUCTS1 SU* AS ! MOTORCYCLE7 AS ESS5TIALLY A MEANS ( TRANSPORTATION4 ,9 REALITY1 IT IS ! MO/ NOTABLE MAT]IAL SYMBOL ( ! NOTION ( HAPP9ESS ?AT DEVELOP$ CAPITALISM T5DS TO SPREAD ?R\<\T ! SOCIETY4 ,! AUTOMOBILE IS AT ! C5T] ( ?IS G5]AL PROPAG&A1 BO? AS SUPREME GOOD ( AN ALI5AT$ LIFE & AS ESS5TIAL PRODUCT ( ! CAPITALI/ M>KET3 ,IT IS G5]ALLY BE+ SAID ?IS YE> ?AT ,AM]ICAN ECONOMIC PROSP]ITY IS SOON GO+ TO DEP5D ON ! SUCCESS ( ! SLOGAN 0,TWO C>S P] FAMILY40 

#b 

,COMMUT+ TIME1 AS ,LE ,CORBUSI] RI<TLY NOT$1 IS A SURPLUS LABOR :I* CORRESPOND+LY R$UCES ! AM\NT ( 0FREE0 TIME4 

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,WE MU/ REPLACE TRAVEL AS AN ADJUNCT TO WORK ) TRAVEL AS A PLEASURE4 

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,TO WANT TO R$ESIGN >*ITECTURE TO ACCORD ) ! NE$S ( ! PRES5T MASSIVE & P>ASITICAL EXI/5CE ( PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES REFLECTS ! MO/ UNREALI/IC MISAPPREH5SION ( :]E ! REAL PROBLEMS LIE4 ,9/EAD1 >*ITECTURE MU/ BE TRANS=M$ TO ACCORD ) ! :OLE DEVELOPM5T ( ! SOCIETY1 CRITICIZ+ ALL ! TRANSITORY VALUES L9K$ TO OBSOLETE =MS ( SOCIAL RELATION%IPS 79 ! FIR/ RANK ( :I* IS ! FAMILY74 

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,EV5 IF1 DUR+ A TRANSITIONAL P]IOD1 WE TEMPOR>ILY ACCEPT A RIGID DIVISION BETWE5 WORK ZONES & RESID5CE ZONES1 WE MU/ AT LEA/ 5VISAGE A ?IRD SPH]E3 ?AT ( LIFE ITSELF 7! SPH]E ( FRE$OM & LEISURE -- ! ESS5CE ( LIFE74 ,UNIT>Y URBANISM ACKN[L$GES NO B\ND>IES2 IT AIMS TO =M AN 9TEGRAT$ HUMAN MILIEU 9 :I* SEP>ATIONS SU* AS WORK_/LEISURE OR PUBLIC_/PRIVATE WILL F9ALLY BE DISSOLV$4 ,BUT BE=E ?IS IS POSSIBLE1 ! M9IMUM ACTION ( UNIT>Y URBANISM IS TO EXT5D ! T]RA9 ( PLAY TO ALL DESIRABLE CON/RUCTIONS4 ,?IS T]RA9 WILL BE AT ! LEVEL ( COMPLEXITY ( AN OLD CITY4 

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,IT IS NOT A MATT] ( OPPOS+ ! AUTOMOBILE AS AN EVIL 9 ITSELF4 ,IT IS ITS EXTREME CONC5TRATION 9 ! CITIES ?AT HAS L$ TO ! NEGATION ( ITS FUNCTION4 ,URBANISM %\LD C]TA9LY NOT IGNORE ! AUTOMOBILE1 BUT EV5 LESS %\LD IT ACCEPT IT AS ITS C5TRAL !ME4 ,IT %\LD RECKON ON GRADUALLY PHAS+ IT \T4 ,9 ANY CASE1 WE CAN 5VISION ! BANN+ ( AUTO TRAFFIC FROM ! C5TRAL >EAS ( C]TA9 NEW COMPLEXES1 AS WELL AS FROM A FEW OLD CITIES4 

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,?OSE :O BELIEVE ?AT ! AUTOMOBILE IS ET]NAL >E NOT ?9K+1 EV5 FROM A /RICTLY TE*NOLOGICAL /&PO9T1 ( O!R FUTURE =MS ( TRANSPORTATION4 ,= EXAMPLE1 C]TA9 MODELS ( ONE-MAN HELICOPT]S CURR5TLY BE+ TE/$ BY ! ,U,S ,>MY WILL PROBABLY HAVE SPREAD TO ! G5]AL PUBLIC )9 TW5TY YE>S4 

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,! BREAK+ UP ( ! DIALECTIC ( ! HUMAN MILIEU 9 FAVOR ( AUTOMOBILES 7! PROJECT$ FREEWAYS 9 ,P>IS WILL 5TAIL ! DEMOLITION ( ?\S&S ( H\SES & AP>TM5TS AL?\< ! H\S+ CRISIS IS CONT9UALLY WORS5+7 MASKS ITS IRRATIONALITY UND] PSEUDOPRACTICAL JU/IFICATIONS4 ,BUT IT IS PRACTICALLY NECESS>Y ONLY 9 ! CONTEXT ( A SPECIFIC SOCIAL SET-UP4 ,?OSE :O BELIEVE ?AT ! P>TICUL>S ( ! PROBLEM >E P]MAN5T WANT 9 FACT TO BELIEVE 9 ! P]MAN5CE ( ! PRES5T SOCIETY4 

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,REVOLUTION>Y URBANI/S WILL NOT LIMIT !IR CONC]N TO ! CIRCULATION ( ?+S1 OR TO ! CIRCULATION ( HUMAN BE+S TRAPP$ 9 A WORLD ( ?+S4 ,!Y WILL TRY TO BREAK !SE TOPOLOGICAL *A9S1 PAV+ ! WAY ) !IR EXP]IM5TS = A HUMAN J\RNEY ?R\< AU!NTIC LIFE4 

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