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Paris follows major European cities with introduction of car-free zones - and residents don't notice (www.euronews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by GreeNRG@slrpnk.net to c/world@quokk.au

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Some forty signs had appeared overnight indicating the entrance to a new limited traffic zone, or ‘ZTL’, which was put in place by the city council.

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[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It's a common practice in a lot of cities in Europe and the result is that you rarely ever see a car in those areas. We call those pedestrian streets and people treat the whole street as a giant sidewalk.

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Pedestrian streets don't allow personal cars or taxis or buses at all. Only work cars

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

In my hometown we still call them pedestrian streets even though local residents are still allowed to drive in and out. As I said, it rarely happens anyway.