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Paris air quality 2007-2023 (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] donuts@lemmy.world 96 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Some background info from LinkedIn:

✅ What Paris Did Right:

  • Built 1,400 km of protected bike lanes and cycling infrastructure.
  • Established low-emission zones.
  • Converted riverbanks into pedestrian-friendly areas.
  • Embraced the “15-minute city” concept to bring amenities closer to residents.

❌ What Paris Left Behind:

  • Restricted through traffic in the city center.
  • Banned older diesel vehicles.
  • Introduced higher parking fees for SUVs.
  • Reclaimed 70,000 parking spaces from cars.

Edit: fixed formatting for mobile / app

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago

Change the ❌ for a ♻️. It almost looks like a "what Paris did wrong " section

[–] kplaceholder@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm not understanding things properly but, aren't the latter four points also good to fight against pollution? Or is it just car-brained people complaining that they cannot take their car wherever they want anymore?

[–] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

I think it's more meant in a push/pull way. So what did they do to incentive people to take an alternative to a car and how did they punish people who do take a car.

[–] idefix@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What do you mean by left behind? Those 4 points have been implemented as far as I know

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

My interpretation is that the first list is new positive things they built to make it feasible and the second list are actions they took to reduce the things causing negative impacts.

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You can ask them if you want. I'll post a screenshot next time to avoid confusion, sorry.

cc @kplaceholder@lemmy.ml

[–] idefix@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Will do, thanks!

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

Better than a screenshot is a link to source. Please dont post screenshots of text

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

LinkedIn did this research? Can you post the source?

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, someone just posted a nice summary. I usually reverse image search posts on here to find sources and additional info.

This page shows the reports: https://www.paris.fr/pages/etat-des-lieux-de-la-qualite-de-l-air-a-paris-7101

If you want the LinkedIn post I can dig that up too, lmk

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

Thanks, that's exactly what I was hoping for.

[–] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago
  • Built 1,400 km of protected bike lanes and cycling infrastructure.
  • Established low-emission zones.
  • Converted riverbanks into pedestrian-friendly areas.
  • Embraced the “15-minute city” concept to bring amenities closer to residents.

All things that ANY city could do if it weren't for NIMBYs and a lack of political will to.

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I heard they places 2 days old baguettes on the streets as speed bumps.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

a little extreme isn't it ? my suspension would be ruined

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That's your own fault for not owning a Citroën!

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Between the 2CV, which was designed to transport a basket of eggs across a plowed field without breaking them, and the hydropneumatic suspension used in later cars, the French car company Citroën is pretty famous for its suspension designs.

[–] superweeniehutjrs@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That many parisians quit smoking??

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The amount of hate Hidalgo received because of her efforts to reduce cars in Paris is absolutely bonkers...

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 week ago

A lot of people want to drive in.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago

Down with cars! Keep that toxic crap out of our cities!

[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nice the air quality improved. I wish they would also improve people quality, there's only one place in France where there are Nice people.

[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Paradoxically, Nice is a bad city

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I heard eastern France is nicer.

[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

My favorite city in France is probably Strasbourg, the transportation system is just incredible

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Smaller cities tend to be much nicer; provided that they are well kept.

[–] pBaesse@bolha.one 10 points 1 week ago

@grue @fuckcars nice! What changed? Let me guess almost no cars because of some great law?? 😆😀

[–] quafeinum@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It’s shocking that a country like France would ban smoking! C’est incredible!

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

*incroyable

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The change happened so fast too

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago

Remember how fast it was during the pandemic? Cities around the globe had clean air like hadn't been seen in decades.

Its amazing how fast nature recovers when humans disappear.