The War on Cars: "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."

"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.

I haven’t been to Paris since 2011. It was amazingly walkable then, I’m really excited about going back and seeing the improvements.

It rocks

2011 was the last time I was there, too... I've been jonesing pretty bad for it lately, too, and this makes me want to go even more.

A question I would genuinely appreciate someone helping me answer is why the civil planning in Paris is capable of executing this when no city in America could even get any of this through the proposal stage

Is there actually less outrage in Paris when something like this is proposed compared to the US, or are there parts of the government that are empowered to make and implement these decisions despite opposition?

My opinion is that the switch away from cars mostly concerns downtown Paris, which is densely populated and has has a strong and old mass transit system. It's easier to switch away from cars when most people already take the metro anyway.

The suburbs of Paris are a more mixed bag, with okay-ish mass transit that remains quite patchy (and patchier bike lanes), which means that there's still quite some car dependence.

I also think that some of it is COVID. In 2020, taking the metro became risky and bikes suddenly were the healthiest way to move around. Paris, some of its suburbs and other French cities managed to push for the creation of "coronapistes", temporary bike lanes which later became permanent.

its probably a mix of things. culturally its normal to walk or bike, there isnt the same level of car lobbying, and the cities are built on walkable foundations. lot harder to turn a city as spaced out as many american cities into something walkable

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

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

With the Olympics this summer I hope the whole world gets to see what can be accomplished in only a few years, better living for all!

Don't antagonize the cars! Have you never heard of The Cars That Ate Paris? OK, it's not the same Paris, but it it's only a matter of time. 📽️

CARS THAT ATE PARIS Traileryoutu.be Available on DVD through www.umbrellaent.com.auParis is a quiet little country town... but the unsuspecting motorist who turns off the main highway, attracte...

Worth talking about the benefits - especially clean air. Parents want clean air for their children, right?

God bless les Français

Probably a decline in riot burning of cars too I guess,

Je ❤️Paris.

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