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The car, this sworn enemy of green mayors

2020-07-10T22:48:36.917Z


Now in charge, they will tackle their objective: "appeasing" the cities.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...


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 ...

Read also: Towards a "ban" on the car in the city by the new green mayors?

"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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Source: lefigaro

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