[sustran] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Paris Aims to End Its Pollution Misery by Cutting Out Cars !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sujit Patwardhan]

If cities wish to tackle congestion and pollution they need to control
"personal auto vehicles" - not cycles and public transport buses.
Are our city Bosses and Traffic Police willing to learn any lessons????

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Sujit





http://www.citylab.com/politics/2014/12/paris-aims-to-end-its-pollution-misery-by-cutting-out-cars/383567/


 *Paris Aims to End Its Pollution Misery by Cutting Out Cars*


If these plans sound drastic, it’s because the problem is, too. Central
Paris is still traffic-snarled and often overlaid with toxic fug, evidence
of a pollution splurge that the French press claims reduces the average
Paris metro area citizen’s life expectancy by six months
<http://www.liberation.fr/societe/2014/12/04/une-mesure-pour-lutter-contre-la-pollution_1156921>.
In the past year, Paris has already taken some unprecedented measures to
combat the problem. During a pollution spike this March, the city went as
far as banning cars
<http://www.citylab.com/commute/2014/03/air-quality-woes-may-finally-force-paris-rethink-its-love-diesel-fuel/8649/>
with
odd-numbered license plates from entering Paris proper
<http://ansfac.fr/IMG/jpg/paris.jpg> in a bid to cut city traffic. Coupled
with free public transport, this measure had a perhaps surprising effect:
It actually worked
<http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2014/05/partially-banning-cars-for-a-day-in-paris-actually-worked/371086/>,
with nitrogen dioxide and particulate levels dropping hard—by as much as 30
percent in places.
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