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Parisian car ban now planned for 2024

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The city had originally hoped to put the ban in place by 2022 

By Jon Porter@JonPorty Feb 18, 2022, 5:21am EST

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FRANCE-TRANSPORT-BICYCLE Paris added many new dedicated bicycles
lanes in 2020. Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images

Paris officials plan to ban private vehicles from the historic heart
of the city by early 2024 in a move designed to decrease congestion
and improve air quality in the French capital, the city has announced
. Targeting 2024 represents a two year delay on the original 2022
timeline, which was announced last May by the city's mayor, and
French presidential hopeful, Anne Hidalgo. The ban is part of a wider
push to improve conditions in the city ahead of it hosting the 2024
Olympic Games.

The so-called "tranquil zone" will focus on the city's first four
arrondissements, according to The Local, and includes the city's two
islands on the Seine which host the Notre-Dame cathedral and
Sainte-Chapelle. City authorities say that the current plan is to
enforce the zone with random spot checks of vehicles exiting the
area.

[Plan_Paris] A map of the proposed area. Image: Paris.fr

Rather than banning all private vehicles, it will target
through-traffic that's thought to make up around half of vehicles on
the roads in the area. Delivery drivers will still have access, and
people will still be able to drive into the area to visit friends, or
access amenities like shops or the theater according to the city's
deputy mayor David Belliard. It's estimated that the ban will take
over 100,000 cars off the roads daily, according to Bloomberg.

The ban is part of a wider array of measures aimed at reducing the
amount of cars, and the pollution they produce, in Paris. Mayor Anne
Hidalgo has pushed for the city to become less car-centric and more
cycle-friendly, creating over 100 miles of new bike paths in the city
during coronavirus lockdowns in 2020, as well as banning cars from
some highways along the Seine.

But the city's transformation into a Copenhagen-style cycling
metropolis has faced growing pains, the New York Times reports, with
residents complaining that many cyclists are ignoring the rules of
the road. And the new network of cycle lanes has also faced criticism
for bad layouts that can penalize cyclists who obey the rules.
Authorities have responded by adding more police to fine cyclists not
obeying the rules, and better educating children about the rules of
the road.

In a tweet, Paris' deputy mayor Belliard said that of the 7243
respondents to the first consultation phase, 78 percent were in
favor. The plan will now go through an impact study and public
inquiry ahead of implementation.

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