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[–] donuts 91 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (6 children)

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

[–] RustyNova 32 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 hours ago
  • 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Buddahriffic 6 points 11 hours ago

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.

[–] donuts 3 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

You can ask them if you want. I'll post a screenshot next time to avoid confusion, sorry.

cc @[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Will do, thanks!

[–] LordWiggle 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] grue 1 points 1 hour ago

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

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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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

LinkedIn did this research? Can you post the source?

[–] donuts 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

No, someone just posted a nice summary. I usually reverse image search posts on here to find sources and additional info.

This page shows the reports: https://www.paris.fr/pages/etat-des-lieux-de-la-qualite-de-l-air-a-paris-7101

If you want the LinkedIn post I can dig that up too, lmk

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

Thanks, that's exactly what I was hoping for.