This is one of the major causes of the environmental movement: reducing the place of the car in the city and generalizing "soft mobility": cycling, walking. Now in charge, the new green mayors will tackle their objective: "appeasing" the cities. It remains to be seen to what extent they will be inspired by the Parisian method, with its streets prohibited overnight and its constant traffic jams.
A method that has proven itself: under Anne Hidalgo's last mandate, car traffic fell by 19%. The mayor intends to continue this momentum: perpetuation of the "coronapists", greening of certain streets, limiting traffic to 30 km / h in Paris and 50 km / h on the ring road ...
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"The pedestrian has the right to walk in the middle of the road, and the car adapts," said Pierre Hurmic, new mayor (EELV) of Bordeaux, a few days after his election. His goal: to "calmly" and "in the long term" result in a car ban
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