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> It’s all an election stunt to try and justify that her war on cars won’t affect Parisians. Ie. If you have everything you need in a 15min walk, you shouldn’t
by hk__2 7y ago
> It’s all an election stunt to try and justify that her war on cars won’t affect Parisians. Ie. If you have everything you need in a 15min walk, you shouldn’t suffer that the traffic is reduced.
That’s quite the opposite. Car traffic generates pollution and takes unnecessary space on the street: some sidewalks are so narrow you can’t have two people walking next to each other. Reduced traffic is a benefit, not something the large majority of Parisians will suffer of.
> Plumbers, electricians don’t want to come to the city anymore.
A plumber or an electrician doesn’t necessarily need a car to move their stuff. There are already a bunch of cargo-bike plumbers in Paris.
- toast0 7y agoI'm not in Europe, but when a plumber comes to visit me, they usually have a truck with essentially a small plumbing supply in the back. If whatever I'm having trouble with isn't salvagable, they can usually install one from the truck on the same visit. I don't imagine a cargo bike plumber is hauling around water heaters or toliets just in case.