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"Paris has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 1,300 kilometers of bike lanes since Mayor Anne Hidalgo took office in 2014. Those changes have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution."
What does a city that has spurned cars look like? Olympics visitors to Paris will get a lookwww.nbcnews.com Changes designed to encourage people to take other forms of transportation have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to city officials.
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i was in Paris last week and it was excellent, the very definition of a 15 minute city

 boulangerie & mini supermarket across the road from the apartment on a street full of cafes, bars and restaurants we walked and hired bikes to get around loved it
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oh, and we travelled from the north of the UK to Paris without any cars a bus from our house to the train station, train to London, cafe for lunch, train to Paris - win wish i could do this for (almost) every journey