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Paris follows major European cities with introduction of car-free zones - and residents don't notice (www.euronews.com)

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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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[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

Says they're expecting a 30% drop in traffic from these changes. Definitely way off from car-free.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Pedestrian streets don't allow personal cars or taxis or buses at all. Only work cars

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.