The Paris administration managed to achieve a significant reduction in the level of air pollution in the city, reports The Washington Post with reference to the data of the AirParif non -profit organization.
The authorities liquidated 50 thousand parking spaces and replaced roads with bicycle paths and green spaces. The level of nitrogen dioxide in the Paris air decreased by 50 percent over 20 years, and the content of solid particles PM 2.5 by 55 percent. The thermal map of the air pollution of Paris turned from completely red into almost green with pollution sites only along the most loaded motorways.
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Journalists note that since 2014 the city has been headed by socialist Ann Idalgo, who insists on a green policy. She described the image of ideal Paris as a city that “breathes”. Her proposals were criticized by the right -wing politicians, the Association of car owners and passengers of suburban transport, who claimed that the restriction of car traffic would make the life of citizens worse. However, it was precisely the efforts of the authorities in Airparif that determining.
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Last year, the city authorities three times raised the parking fee for the owners of SUVs, and in March 2025, residents of Paris supported the proposal to make another 500 streets pedestrian, almost 66 percent voted for this option in a referendum. This will allow the administration to eliminate another 10 thousand parking spaces, in the total pedestrian will become a little more than 10 percent of the streets of the capital of France.
The journalists called harmful particles and substances, the content of which in the air decreased due to the actions of the authorities. They cause serious health problems, including heart attacks, lung cancer, bronchitis and asthma.
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