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More than 200 "children's streets" in Paris (jlai.lu)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/fuckcars

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Children's Streets” consist in pedestrianizing the streets around nursery and elementary school. The aim is to make the route between home and school safer for children, but also to combat pollution.

Removable barriers are installed wherever possible. They allow the passage of emergency vehicles and services (garbage trucks, etc.), but prohibit the passage of other motorized vehicles.

More picture and before/after sliders at the bottom: https://www.paris.fr/pages/57-nouvelles-rues-aux-ecoles-dans-paris-8197#des-rues-aux-enfants-avec-un-amenagement-specifique

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It's actually pretty small for a metropolis because it didn't absorb the nearby cities like other metropolis usually do. It's about 10x10 km2, you can cross by walking 2h. New York City is 12 times bigger, London is 17 times bigger.

[–] AngryCommieKender 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Paris' population density rivals that of Tokyo though. ~~I don't believe NYC or London come close~~. Might be why parisians are so willing to tell the establishment to fuck off compared to us lackadaisical Americans.

Edit: looking it up NYC is quite a bit more densely populated than even Paris. Manhattan is out of its mind.

[–] Uruanna 4 points 2 days ago

because it didn't absorb the nearby cities like other metropolis usually do

It did, but the last time was in 1860. Maybe it was too busy after that (you know, 1870, 1914, 1939...)