Cars in the slow lane.

• Position: Europe - Brief article

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In the past few years, cities across Europe have rolled out policies designed to discourage driving: Cars are banned in large swaths of Vienna, Munich, and Copenhagen; Barcelona and Paris have given many car lanes over to bikers; and across Europe, parking has become scarce and expensive. Zurich, Switzerland, however, has worked overtime to annoy its drivers. On some roads, it's added closely spaced red lights, lowered the speed limit to just 12 miles an hour, and given pedestrians the...