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Brussels and Paris call for Europe-wide Car-Free Day
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20:48 15/09/2018
The mayors of Brussels and Paris have called on other cities to follow their lead and implement a Europe-wide Car-Free Day.
Motor vehicles were banned in both capital cities on Sunday. In a joint statement, Philippe Close and Anne Hidalgo said: "We propose to set up a European Car-Free Day so that a thousand car-free days will flourish across Europe."
The two mayors pointed to European Heritage Days as an example of how cities all over the continent can unite around a common cause.
"Faced with the emergency of climate change and the health impact of pollution, cities need fresh new perspectives. A day without cars is a good example," they added.
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Whatever you think of car-free Sunday, and I happily admit to being a fan, you have to wonder about the police.
Yesterday, in St Josse, we saw a police car ignoring all the other cars driving without a permit while shouting out the window at pedestrians to get off the road because "Les règles sont les mêmes".
How do you know the cars were driving without a permit? There were about 21,000 permits approved for those on duty, doing emergency work, taxis (I suppose), etc.
Because the permits have to be displayed in the front windscreen, and they were not taxis, buses, ambulances, police cars or other emergency vehicles.
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