Zurich’s Rämistrasse and Universitätstrasse have become a lesson in how to discourage cars without formally banning them. Poorly coordinated lights, repeated zebra crossings, permanent stop-and-go traffic and cyclists treating tram tracks as an overtaking lane turn a major route into a daily exercise in frustration, all while motorists face the strictest enforcement.
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The EU’s Singing Christmas Car… and other Automotive Nightmares
There was a time, legend has it, when a driver was considered a person capable of operating a vehicle using a combination of skill, awareness, and a driver’s license. A document explicitly confirming one’s ability to steer a machine without…
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Porsche and the End of Permanence: When Legends become Disposable
There are collapses that announce themselves with noise, and others that begin quietly. Porsche’s moment arrived in silence. A company long defined by waiting lists and admiration has reported a near €1 billion quarterly loss and almost total profit evaporation.…
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