What makes Paris so great when it comes to the way they deal with cars and traffic? Today we review a post on a leading sustainable transportation blog, World Streets, that asks and answers the question. It seems to be a matter of consistency and perseverance that not only works in Paris but throughout many other cities in France. Only 17% of Parisians choose their car to commute compared to over 60% and 46% to walk in car-addicted Torino (and to cities in the USA and Canada).
Key Quotes:
Key Policy Elements:
- Modesty –“making their city a great place to live and get around. But not perfect and still much to be done”
- Continuity- “maintaining course with a minimum of discursive political side-tracking”
- Politics- “the result of a certain creative tension over the last decade between the Socialist majority and their decision to work with the Greens”
- Vélib-“The rule-breaking world-first mega public bike project which worked well out of the box on the first day”
- Mobilen – “reserved lanes bus priority system.”
- Parking- “the poor man’s congestion charge”
- Go slow- “slow down top speeds, and ..use street architecture to make sure that they are respected”
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