Paris City Council Puts Forward Plan to Drastically Reduce Car Traffic in Centre of French Capital by 2022

A plan to drastically reduce car traffic in the centre of the French capital Paris by 2022 has been put forward by the city council. The scheme would ban through traffic in four central districts, giving priority instead to cyclists, pedestrians, and public transport.

 

The council said, low-traffic zones will result in a less polluted, greener, more peaceful and safer city.

 

During the COVID pandemic, Paris added hundreds of kilometres of cycle lanes.

 

A consultation on the new pedestrianisation plan with



residents of Paris was launched on Wednesday. Residents and businesses would still be allowed to drive in the central area, but through traffic would be banned.

 

Paris's Deputy Mayor David Belliard said, the scheme followed the example of other cities such as Madrid, Nantes, and Rome, which have pedestrianised some areas.

 

The Deputy Mayor added that, however, the plan was not about eliminating traffic completel, and neighbours, people with reduced mobility, taxis and local traders will still be able to access the city centre.