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.
the e-scooters are not banned, the free sharing one are.
The problem is that the company doing free sharing did not penalized user enough for parking their e-scooters improperly (in the middle of the sidewalk).
Because of the uncivility of the users, they banned it.