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Traffic torments, by design
Updated: 2011-07-03 08:26
By Elisabeth Rosenthal (The New York Times)
Cars are entirely banned from some European city streets, including Zurich's riverside Limmatquai. Photographs by Christoph Bangert for The New York Times |
Tram operators in Zurich can turn traffic lights in their favor as they approach, forcing cars to halt. |
In some European cities, a new hostility toward the automobile
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