The mayor of Paris has hit the city’s motorists with a double whammy of a ring road speed limit cut to 50kph and a tripling of parking fees for heavy vehicles, such as SUVs
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/10/01/parisians-speed-cut-tripled-parking-socialist-mayor/
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I wish in DC we had a mayor with as much passion, instead our mayor only cares about keeping drivers happy
50kph is still too fast considering the quality of driving on the Peripherique.
Well that sounds like a great plan!
>Nationwide, Ms Hidalgo is unpopular. When she ran for president in 2022, she received only 1.7 per cent of the vote – the worst performance ever for a Socialist Party candidate.
>However, she claimed plaudits when the Paris Olympic Games were widely hailed as a triumph.
>Afterwards, she took aim at her detractors in an expletive-laden diatribe, saying in English: “F— reactionaries, f— the extreme right, f— all those who want to shut us in a war of everyone against everyone.
Dang! Sounds like she kind of rocks all around
Driving slowly increases cunsomption and thus pollution. It also increases traffic jamais.
ppl should start shitting in the seine again
I really dislike how large cars are becoming nowadays. Good move on overcharging SUVs in a city with small streets.
She’s awesome. I’m glad the world got to see how much better a true pedestrian-first city feels to be in during the Olympics
love to see it
Right on. Covid did wonders for Paris, with the addition of so many bike likes and the closing of some (though not enough) areas to cars. As someone who rides a bike as my primary mode of transport in the city, I want waaaay less cars.
50 kph = 31 mph
Great for her. There is zero need to go into Paris with a SUV
Good, cities are for people not machinery
The 30kph inside the city is still not enforced afer years because the city doesn’t have the support of the national police. How this will be different? The ring road has more automatic radars, which are still controlled by national police. The higher up of the police are really against these traffic limitations. They refused to put more automatic radar inside the city. The reason is simple, people are incapable to cross the city without losing 3 times their licence.
Just looking for some clarification. The term ring road, are we talking the highway system similar to what’s around the DC/DMV area or inner city roads?
I like it! Gotta pay for metro expansion some how! I’m really impressed with how much of an investment Paris has made into its metro expansion
France needs another revolution
People who ride loud motorcycles in cities are such selfish assholes. Ya, it is fun for you, but it is loud and obnoxious for everyone else.
I love him, does he want to be mayor of Seattle?
Are EVs considered heavy vehicles? 🤣
Now do the same in the UK, our roads are too small for SUVs