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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
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Authors of ‘Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality’ and ‘Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in our Lives’.
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Despite representing just 13% of journeys and being owned by 33% of households, cars take up more than half of the public space in Paris. Which is why Mayor Anne Hidalgo is removing 70,000 of its 140,000 on-street parking spaces, to make the city greener and more people-friendly. 🧵

People walk and cycle through the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Rather than cars in the on-street parking spaces, they are filled with trees, terraces, benches, playgrounds, and parked bikes.
People walk and cycle through the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Rather than cars in the on-street parking spaces, they are filled with trees, terraces, benches, playgrounds, and parked bikes.
People walk and cycle through the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Rather than cars in the on-street parking spaces, they are filled with trees, terraces, benches, playgrounds, and parked bikes.
People walk and cycle through the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Rather than cars in the on-street parking spaces, they are filled with trees, terraces, benches, playgrounds, and parked bikes.
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The municipality is consulting residents on what they would like to see replace the 10 square metre parking places. Options include more trees and plants, vegetable allotments, composting areas, children’s playgrounds, bicycle parking areas, and public toilets, among many others.

People walk and cycle through the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Rather than cars in the on-street parking spaces, they are filled with trees, terraces, benches, playgrounds, and parked bikes.
People walk and cycle through the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Rather than cars in the on-street parking spaces, they are filled with trees, terraces, benches, playgrounds, and parked bikes.
People walk and cycle through the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Rather than cars in the on-street parking spaces, they are filled with trees, terraces, benches, playgrounds, and parked bikes.
People walk and cycle through the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Rather than cars in the on-street parking spaces, they are filled with trees, terraces, benches, playgrounds, and parked bikes.
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WRwalkridegm.org.uk

It's so cool to see bold changes like these – changes that are in all of our best interests, even if not everyone can see it yet. Vive Paris!

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Ssundance-bike.bsky.social

Thanks for so many wonderful pictures this morning. I loved these posts

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lena804.bsky.social

Great in theory but my GP, who lives outside Paris and has health and mobility issues herself, can no longer park near her office

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Pphate.bsky.social

lmao. NYC has 2.9 million street parking spaces and people shit themselves to death whenever some tiny reduction is threatened, and then the city backs down. What a view into what NYC could have if it had a leader instead of the most bizarre corruption speedrunner.

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Cclimatenick.bsky.social

Wow great photos! Just visited Paris a few weeks ago, though I didn’t stumble onto streets with this much beautiful greenery! One of the things I appreciated the most is how much quieter the city is. It felt so calm and peaceful walking through Paris’ streets compared to many other cities.

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett
@modacitylife.bsky.social
Authors of ‘Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality’ and ‘Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in our Lives’.
3k followers213 following104 posts
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