Clearing our cities of cars for a day can bring a breath of fresh air in more ways than one

The retreat of the car began, implausibly enough, in Bogotá in 1976, when the Colombian capital began handing over its streets to cyclists on Sundays. Six days a week the main motorways into the city are packed with traffic; on the seventh they are coned off, and filled with cycling, walking... 

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