Paris plans to ban cars from centre

The Mayor of Paris wants to pedestrianise the centre of the French capital, severely restricting traffic in the city’s first four districts with electric shuttles introduced to combat pollution

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2km 1.25 miles


PROPOSED CAR-FREE ZONE
Mayor would implement plan during next term, if re-elected
“Paris respire” 1 (Paris breathes) scheme

Elected in 2014, Mayor Anne Hidalgo has made reducing pollution central part of her policy

Traffic currently limited in central areas on one Sunday a month

Hidalgo wants to expand scheme to every Sunday by next year 400m

Louvre museum
River Seine
Notre Dame

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Driverless shuttle: Full-electric autonomous minibuses made by EasyMile expected to service car-free zone

E-bikes: Paris region also plans to launch fleet of electric bicycles for rental at 40 euros a month. State-funded scheme “Veligo” would provide up to 20,000 of them, making this the world’s largest e-bike programme


Sources: AFP, EasyMile     Pictures: AP © GRAPHIC NEWS