bbbhltz

@bbbhltz@framapiaf.org

"Pretty soon, the hippies of today will be the squares of tomorrow." —Buck 65

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I speak English and French.

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TheWarOnCars, 5 days ago to Podcast

"Paris has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 1,300 kilometers of bike lanes since Mayor Anne Hidalgo took office in 2014. Those changes have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution..."

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/paris-olympics-city-reduce-air-pollution-rcna153470

#thewaroncars #podcast #paris

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bbbhltz, 5 days ago

@TheWarOnCars the article notes that there is majority approval for this, which is true, but it doesn't note how f---ing loud the opponents are.

Even the ones that don't live in Paris.

They think there is some conspiracy to destroy the car and make us drive EVs and how nobody understands automobiles like they do and the "ruling class" are all inept because they don't fully comprehend the underlying mechanisms of their 25-year-old vroom-vroom machine.

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