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Why do we build cities around cars?

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Aditi Rajagopal
March 3, 2022

In India, city planning puts cars before people. Efforts to accommodate increasing traffic have failed to alleviate congestion and pollution. DW looks for answers to a problem faced by cities worldwide.

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