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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

JDPriestly

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1. Who drives in Paris? You park your car and take the Metro. No need to drive. No need for

Reply to Surya Gayatri (Original post)

Sun Apr 5, 2015, 01:54 PM

Apr 2015

a bicycle either, but once cars are off the streets, bikes are safe as are pedestrians. Not that there are no cars in Paris, but there are few when compared to the population. Public transportation is the key to getting cars off the streets.

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This is what a 'socialist' mayor does for the citizens. Thanks Ann Hidalgo! [View all] Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 OP

Who drives in Paris? You park your car and take the Metro. No need to drive. No need for JDPriestly Apr 2015 #1

Oh, but cycling across this beautiful city is SO much nicer than Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #2

No doubt. But only safe if those who need to get places fast are briefly undergournd and not JDPriestly Apr 2015 #3

Things are SO much safer for cyclists now than when I started cycling here Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 #4