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Greenlight for a car-free Geneva

By a 2 to 1 majority, the Geneva City Council voted Tuesday to approve a Green Party initiative to close 200 roads in the city center to automobiles. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s a done deal—and the initiative is likely to face stiff opposition, notably from the local business sector. WRS’s Conor Lennon spoke to the Green Party’s Fabienne Fischer to find out more about her party’s surprise win: