Motor vehicles that do not fall under a list of exemptions will be banned from parts of central Paris from this week in the latest move by the Socialist-led council to squeeze traffic out of the French capital.
Anne Hidalgo, the mayor, has signed a long-promised measure imposing a limited traffic zone in the traffic-clogged Right Bank. The 5 sq km area, covering the first four arrondissements, is home to 100,000 people and includes the Louvre, Tuileries gardens, Rue de Rivoli and most of the Avenue de l’Opéra.
