Reduce car traffic in centre of French capital by 2022

Recently the Paris City Council is preparing a plan to drastically reduce car traffic in the centre of the French capital by 2022.

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The plan will ban traffic in four central districts, giving priority instead to cyclists, pedestrians and public transport.

According to the council, low-traffic zones will result in a less polluted, more greener, peaceful and safer city.

Paris added hundreds of kilometres of cycle lanes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

While residents and businesses would still be allowed to drive in the central area, traffic would be banned.

The scheme follows the example of other cities such as Madrid, Nantes and Rome that have pedestrianised some areas.