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Traffic torments, by design

Updated: 2011-07-03 08:26

By Elisabeth Rosenthal (The New York Times)

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 Traffic torments, by design

Cars are entirely banned from some European city streets, including Zurich's riverside Limmatquai. Photographs by Christoph Bangert for The New York Times

 Traffic torments, by design

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

Traffic torments, by design

Traffic torments, by design

Traffic torments, by design

Traffic torments, by design

Traffic torments, by design

Traffic torments, by design

Traffic torments, by design

Traffic torments, by design

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