What does a city that has spurned cars look like? Olympics visitors to Paris will get a look

<https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/paris-olympics-city-reduce-air-pollution-rcna153470>

"The 15 million people expected to swarm Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics
will visit a city far different than it was a decade ago.

That’s because a campaign to make Paris greener, primarily by reducing its
dependence on cars, has transformed it into a shining example of what many
environmental activists, city planners and transit advocates say ought to be
the future of cities worldwide.

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 (800 miles) of bike lanes since Mayor Anne Hidalgo took office in
2014.

Those changes have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to
city officials.

“How did we achieve this?” Hidalgo said in a statement in March. “By assuming a
major and radical rupture: the end of car-dependence.”"

Via Fix the News:
<https://fixthenews.com/good-news-water-sanitation-hygiene-poverty-cambodia-barn-owls-uk/>

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