Three-month ‘educational phase’ begins for scheme it is hoped will reduce through-traffic and improve air quality
Paris authorities have begun limiting traffic in a large zone of the city centre, with police alerting drivers that they are now banned from driving through the French capital’s central four arrondissements and risk a fine if they do so after next spring.
The so-called “limited traffic zone” (ZTL), home to about 100,000 people and 11,000 businesses, is part of a broader push by the socialist mayor, Anne Hidalgo, to restrict traffic and encourage cycling and public transport use across the car-clogged city.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/05/paris-drivers-warned-of-fines-as-city-begins-limiting-traffic-in-parts-of-centre
Author : Jon Henley Europe correspondent
Publish date : 2024-11-05 13:49:10
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