A Swiss Lesson in Enlightened Street Design
Interestingly London had one of the most extensive tram systems in Europe, but sadly it was mostly abolished in favour of the Car because:<p>1) cars = freedom<p>2) trams are for the poor<p>A good little mini-doc by Jay Foreman spells it out nicely: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Ji3C_PjJonM" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=Ji3C_PjJonM</a><p>Interestingly, a very similar story in the UK surrounding bicycles. :\<p>I wouldn&#x27;t call Zurichs streets perfect though; by sheer coincidence I spent the majority of today exploring the city for the first time in my life and was very confused on how to cross the road at a lot of very ill-thought-out junctions. And there are still a lot of very loud cars on the road.<p>However; I will admit there is a &quot;feeling&quot; when walking through the city that it was well thought out in general, I felt like I had a lot of space and I didn&#x27;t get the same claustrophobic feeling I get in NYC or the cramped &quot;intruded&quot; feeling I get in London.