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  <body>&lt;p class=&quot;quote&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #000000; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px;&quot;&gt;A quarter of households in Britain &amp;#8211; more in the larger cities, and a majority in some inner cities &amp;#8211; live without a car. Imagine how quality of life would improve for cyclists and everyone else if traffic were removed from areas where people could practically choose to live without cars. Does this sound unrealistic, utopian? Did you know many European cities are already doing it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</body>
  <byline>Steve Melia | World Changing </byline>
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  <created-at type="datetime">2009-11-04T10:17:41-05:00</created-at>
  <deck>&lt;p&gt;Think it's just a tree-hugger daydream? Think again.&lt;/p&gt;</deck>
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