Paris follows major European cities with introduction of car-free zones - and residents don't notice
Paris follows major European cities with introduction of car-free zones - and residents don't notice
All motorists will now be banned from driving through the centre of Paris as the city launches a traffic-free zone.
Some forty signs had appeared overnight indicating the entrance to a new limited traffic zone, or ‘ZTL’, which was put in place by the city council.
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Only certain vehicles, such as emergency vehicles, buses, taxis, and people with reduced mobility and motorists residing or working in the area, will be allowed to drive through the ZTL.
"Car-free zones" my ass. What a garbage clickbait title
Says they're expecting a 30% drop in traffic from these changes. Definitely way off from car-free.
It's a common practice in a lot of cities in Europe and the result is that you rarely ever see a car in those areas. We call those pedestrian streets and people treat the whole street as a giant sidewalk.
Pedestrian streets don't allow personal cars or taxis or buses at all. Only work cars
In my hometown we still call them pedestrian streets even though local residents are still allowed to drive in and out. As I said, it rarely happens anyway.