coffeepine, (Racist) Germans like to make fun of Hindu people considering cows holy. They hoot and holler.
And then they fellate cars....
Paris proves that a consequent policy of driving back traffic and considering a city the habitat of PEOPLE works. They adapt and everybody loves the improvements it brings.
In Berlin, we vote in the party that promises to reopen a 400m stretch of road to cars, as well as extending an inner-city highway for BILLIONS just so you can be stuck in traffic five minutes earlier.