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This Spanish City Is Putting People Before Cars

Two kids cross the road as they go to school in the Monteporreiro neighborhood of Pontevedra, northwestern Spain, on Sept. 22, 2016. (Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images)
Two kids cross the road as they go to school in the Monteporreiro neighborhood of Pontevedra, northwestern Spain, on Sept. 22, 2016. (Miguel Riopa/AFP/Getty Images)

Imagine a city without traffic jams, honking horns and overflowing parking.

As impossible as that might sound, the Spanish city of Pontevedra has enacted a number of policies and practices that have produced streets where people come first.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson learns more from freelance journalist Stephen Burgen (@stephenburgen).

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