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

Before they put a kibosh on the highway-building, they actually built a highway on pylons OVER a river into #Zurich. Madness.

It's still there. Sihlhochstrasse.

They figured it out in Switzerland. Problem is, in North America, we never really stopped.

You can see the exact moment when #Switzerland decided ramming highways into its cities was 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. Direct democracy has its moments!