This was the third such referendum in Paris in as many years, following a 2023 vote that approved a ban on e-scooters, and a decision last year to triple parking charges for large SUVs.
The referendum will eliminate 10,000 more parking spots in Paris, adding to the 10,000 removed since 2020. The city’s two million residents will be consulted on which streets will become pedestrian areas.
Paris town hall data shows car traffic in the city has more than halved since the Socialists took power in the capital at the turn of the century.
Yep, banning e-scooters is a stupid idea that no one has been able to explain properly to me.
They only ever talk about “annoying kids go too fast where they shouldn’t” without realising ANNOYING KIDS WILL ANNOY YOU NO MATTER WHAT.
It is only about the (masses of) shared ones. Which end up everywhere in every orientation, including rivers etc. And those companies simply do not care. People suck because they do not put them back and the companies suck because they let that happen.