PJ Media– Paris, the “City of Lights,” has decided to go to war against global warming by reducing the speed limit on city streets to 30 KPH (19 MPH).
To further enrage drivers, the city has eliminated 60,000 of its 144,000 parking spaces to make them “more accessible to everyone.” They will also widen some sidewalks, create new bike lanes, and plant new trees and shrubs.
Polls show that 59 percent of Parisians support the reduced speed limit, although in the wider metro area opposition tops out at 61 percent.
There appears to be a debate about whether reducing the speed limit and eliminating parking places will actually make the air cleaner and save the planet from climate change. The science says no, but socialists only follow the science when it’s on their side of an argument. read more
That wasn’t necessary. Paris has already done its part to reduce carbon emissions by making the city a place no one wants to fly to anymore.
Hey!
That might work in seattle!
Doom
The world really has gone crazy
White Flag Cocksmokers!
I’ve never successfully parked at 20 mph….
This isn’t stupidity, this is sheer arrogance on display. To think that mere imbecilic mortals can alter God’s plan is Tower of Babel-esque.
“Paris, the “City of Lights,” has decided to go to war against [strikethrough]global warming[end strikethrough] COMMON SENSE!”
FIFY (and the new formatting STILL sucks…)
Nutz!
Thank You, Lord, for making me a “Boomer”, and a son of the “Greatest Generation”.
May all Americans experience what I had experienced.
Oh! WAIT, WAIT! Here comes Joe!
The last time I was in Paris…was the last time I’ll ever be in Paris.
Hopefully, there will be a molitary coup.
There is still hope for France – if Germany invades again.
I’m sick and tired of liberals being obsessed with their own stupid delusions.
Let’m eat shit and die…..without US.
Just because you go slower doesn’t mean you use less fuel. Most cars, and motorcycles for that matter, are the most efficient at around 45MPH.
Your fuel economy drops by nearly 20% when you slow from 40mph to 20mph.
Check out the graph:
https://mpgforspeed.com/
I’m surprised France hasn’t yet required a VAX to drive a car! C’mon, France! Hxu hah!
Which is part of the reason why your “city” mileage is less than your “highway” mileage rating.
People pay attention to the speed limit in France? They sure don’t where I live!
Make the Citiots walk to the country to get their food.
No parking. People will have to keep circling while the passengers hop out to do whatever they came to Paris to do. Circling cars pollute, parked cars don’t, so this makes perfect sense.
Globull Warming is so out of fashion, The French will have a harder time with mythological climate change. What. did the cavemen call it when the season changed from Fall to Winter?
Most people like this move. Cars are bad, so let’s punish drivers, make them feel ashamed to be driving and killing the earth.
Man, I’d love to ‘roll coal’ through the streets of Paris in an F-350.
Twenty miles per hour? Hell, American tanks went faster than that through Paris when we liberated France.
@willysgoatgruff – then you’re not doing it correctly.