Advisors told Ljubljana’s mayor that pedestrianizing downtown would be political suicide. Eighteen years later, he’s still mayor.

Remember this picture every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."

This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.

Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.

Better choices instead of excuses.

"A universal tariff is one way to reduce the trade deficit, Pettis said. But he prefers imposing a tax on the foreign investment flows coming from nations that generate a surplus from their trade with the United States."

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