Parisian car ban now planned for 2024

I spent some time in Pontevedra Spain a few years ago, a city that has to a large extent gotten rid of cars. With some minor issues mostly around commercial traffic for goods and businesses, people overwhelmingly seemed to agree that it was a success. Business was up, local stores, restaurants and so on were doing much better, people were moving to the place again, and so on.<p>I hope more cities in Europe start similar initiatives, we have the good fortune that our cities are older than the car.

That&#x27;s fine, but there better not be any future articles with headlines like &quot;People have fled the urban core and now the city is facing a tax crisis&quot;.<p>If these headlines don&#x27;t come, then more power to Paris.

&quot;Delivery drivers will still have access, and people will still be able to drive into the area to visit friends, or access amenities like shops or the theater according to the city’s deputy mayor David Belliard.&quot;<p>k