text: Another obvious bonus , although impossible to over-emphasize , is the absence of cars , the simple joy of wandering around a town relieved of traffic and pollution , of standing on a little humpback pedestrian bridge far from the Grand Canal and hearing only the water lapping against the moss-covered walls , or the occasional swish of a sleek gondola that appears out of nowhere .
  
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  SUVs are the main method of transport there .