“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/04/12/air-pollution-paris-health-cars/
Do you also have statistics on traffic accidents involving pedestrians? Seeing how the bikers ride in Paris, I bet they went up.
Even better, there are people dedicated talking about this (like @altis) and raising awareness.
There is also a website that keeps track of accidents and causes.
https://www.loicbertrand.eu/accidents/
The majority of accidents are still caused by vehicles hitting pedestrians and cyclists, not by cyclists hitting pedestrians.
@bbbhltz @BrentToderian @altis
Thanks for the interesting data!
Brent Toderian
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