Spyke
lemmy.world

Some background info from LinkedIn:

✅ What Paris Did Right:

  • Built 1,400 km of protected bike lanes and cycling infrastructure.
  • Established low-emission zones.
  • Converted riverbanks into pedestrian-friendly areas.
  • Embraced the “15-minute city” concept to bring amenities closer to residents.

❌ What Paris Left Behind:

  • Restricted through traffic in the city center.
  • Banned older diesel vehicles.
  • Introduced higher parking fees for SUVs.
  • Reclaimed 70,000 parking spaces from cars.

Edit: fixed formatting for mobile / app

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Change the ❌ for a ♻️. It almost looks like a "what Paris did wrong " section

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Karu 🐲reply
lemmy.ml

Maybe I'm not understanding things properly but, aren't the latter four points also good to fight against pollution? Or is it just car-brained people complaining that they cannot take their car wherever they want anymore?

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I think it's more meant in a push/pull way. So what did they do to incentive people to take an alternative to a car and how did they punish people who do take a car.

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idefixreply
sh.itjust.works

What do you mean by left behind? Those 4 points have been implemented as far as I know

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My interpretation is that the first list is new positive things they built to make it feasible and the second list are actions they took to reduce the things causing negative impacts.

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Better than a screenshot is a link to source. Please dont post screenshots of text

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  • Built 1,400 km of protected bike lanes and cycling infrastructure.
  • Established low-emission zones.
  • Converted riverbanks into pedestrian-friendly areas.
  • Embraced the “15-minute city” concept to bring amenities closer to residents.

All things that ANY city could do if it weren't for NIMBYs and a lack of political will to.

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lemmy.world

I heard they places 2 days old baguettes on the streets as speed bumps.

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Hadriscusreply
lemm.ee

a little extreme isn't it ? my suspension would be ruined

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That's your own fault for not owning a Citroën!

::: spoiler spoiler


Between the 2CV, which was designed to transport a basket of eggs across a plowed field without breaking them, and the hydropneumatic suspension used in later cars, the French car company Citroën is pretty famous for its suspension designs. :::

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jlai.lu

The amount of hate Hidalgo received because of her efforts to reduce cars in Paris is absolutely bonkers...

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lemmy.world

Nice the air quality improved. I wish they would also improve people quality, there's only one place in France where there are Nice people.

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slstreply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

My favorite city in France is probably Strasbourg, the transportation system is just incredible

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lemmy.world

It’s shocking that a country like France would ban smoking! C’est incredible!

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Remember how fast it was during the pandemic? Cities around the globe had clean air like hadn't been seen in decades.

Its amazing how fast nature recovers when humans disappear.

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