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Word: fussg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Germans. In West Germany, as in much of Europe, some city streets follow the meandering paths that cows once took on their way to market. As a result, these streets are exactly two cows wide-one cow each way. The solution has been to turn the streets into permanent Fussgängerstrassen, or "pedestrian streets," by closing them to automotive traffic. About 30 German cities now have pedestrian streets in operation or in planning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Power to Pedestrians | 8/24/1970 | See Source »

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