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In Paris, a Very Progressive Pollution, Congestion, Housing Access and Affordability Agenda Is Going Mainstream

January 22, 2020 /

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A man runs as his daughters ride bicycle on the champs Elysees avenue, during the "day without cars", with the Arc de Triomphe in background, in Paris, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. It is the fourth year the city has held a car free day in an attempt to ease air pollution. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Boosted by big sustainability wins, Mayor Anne Hidalgo is pitching bold plans to make the city center “100 percent bicycle” and turn office space into housing.

Madrid has already banned cars from its inner city, Barcelona has hit Airbnb with a fine of €600,000 for breaking local home-share rule infractions, and Berlin has approved a citywide five-year rent freeze. No other city is as yet going quite as hard as Paris, however, in trying to tackle pollution, congestion, and housing access and affordability simultaneously.

Feargus O’Sullivan

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