Mastodawn

𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇Nov 1, 2024

THIS JUST IN:

Car ban begins in the center of #Paris.

Starting on Monday, Nov. 4, 2024: no through-traffic will be allowed in four central arrondissements on the Right Bank. (Home to the Louvre, Notre-Dame, and the Marais).

This is a big deal.

https://urbanaccessregulations.eu/countries-mainmenu-147/france/paris-limited-traffic-zone

Paris - Limited Traffic Zone

Paris will implement a limited traffic zone in its city center no more through traffic allowed.

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smolwaffle Nov 1, 2024

@straphanger
Do you happen to know where I could see how much through traffic there is now? I'm curious how big of a reduction this is expected to be, since they still allow driving *to* everything in the LTZ. How many people are just driving through Paris and not stopping somewhere?
@spacehobo

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Space Hobo

@smolwaffle @straphanger I think the circulation pattern of preventing Champs-Elysées traffic from going down Rue de Rivoli has kind of already been put in place, and this just strengthens it.

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smolwaffle Nov 1, 2024

@spacehobo
https://parisjetaime.com/eng/convention/article/limited-traffic-zone-a1773 says 50% through traffic and a 15-30% reduction from this change (which does not yet cover all arrondissements).

All these changes really make me want to visit again. Last there in 2019 and it was thick with car traffic. Walking there has been great forever in many spots, but I expect it will be even nicer now, not to mention the biking improvements. Never biked there.
@straphanger