A new study finds Swiss cyclists crash at roughly twice the Dutch rate, with tram tracks, junctions and public transport stops among the trouble spots. Zürich can build a cycle tunnel beneath its main station, then leave everyone competing for the same contested metres above. The city needs better behaviour, better junctions and rather more ambition.
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Zurich’s Quiet War on the Car
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.
The Great Velocracy: Zurich’s War on Common Sense
Let’s get one thing straight: Cycling is great. Fresh air, healthy lifestyle, low emissions – who wouldn’t support that? But what’s unfolding in and around Zurich is not a clever promotion of bike culture. No, it’s a full-blown, ideology-driven crusade.…
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