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   You can see the exact moment when #Switzerland began to think ramming highways into its cities might be a stupid idea.

   This is the Autobahnstummel, the "highway stub," for a huge expressway, one of 3 that was supposed to enter heart of Zürich.

   Killed by popular referendum in 1973.

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     North America kept on building highways. Now we’re stuck with congestion, pollution, misery.

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     The model spread throughout the country, which rejected further highway expansion in a federal referendum in 2024.

     cururu 🌿 repeated this.
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     Zürich canton built a sprawling network of S-Bahn commuter trains to serve the suburbs and even other cantons (and #Germany).

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     The city of #Zurich decided to work with its existing network of trams, giving them absolute priority over cars.

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     I show how the transport policies of the nation of #Switzerland (pop. 9 million) can be a model for large metro areas in my longread in today’s Globe and Mail.

     https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-what-north-america-can-learn-from-the-greatest-transportation-system/