To ensure cars didn’t take back control of #Paris streets as the pandemic was “ending” (no, it hasn’t ended), like they have in so many cities, Mayor #AnneHidalgo made sure that 60k parking spaces and many streets were permanently transformed into seating for restaurants, people places and bike-lanes.

Leadership.

#cities #urbanism #streets #streetsforpeople #peopleplaces #placemaking

@BrentToderian @rewarp well, the transition is hard. The area where I work is more congested, more dangerous for bikes and pedestrians. And randomly parked/abandoned electric scooters are a plague. That said, it’s amazing how many people have an opinion on the French and parisians when they *dont* live here :-)