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Originally Posted by Crawford
The problem in Paris (and everywhere in Italy) is all the polluting, noisy motorbikes. Please ban them.
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More and more are e-scooters, quiet and free from any gas emission.
Battery manufacturing and how it actually causes harm to the environment is yet another debate. Hydrogen will be some much better technology in the end.
I'm all in favor of people using their legs exclusively anyway. It is good for their health, making them sexier.
As for Hidalgo's policy, I like the fact that she's been claiming to be so pro-bicycle (though I doubt she actually daily bikes, she must be too lazy and kind of a hypocrite) and pro-skyscraper. The latter being necessary to reasonably manage tomorrow's density over here. We need much more greenery indeed, so residential high-rises will be unavoidable to develop more urban parks/gardens.
What I also like about her is the fact that she's been trying to work with mayors of the inner suburbs neighboring Central Paris, whether they'd be social-democratic like herself or conservative to get us rid of this whole hellish car-oriented thing, and it's been working to some extent. Even though it'd obviously be much easier if the urban area was ruled by a single administrative body. Bikers are all over the place now anyway, using their legs indeed, which is priceless.
On the other hand, her management of cleanliness and safety services has been pretty appalling. When people visit Central Paris, whether they'd be from other regions in France or from abroad, they expect it all to be perfectly clean, romantic, full of lights and good people... And so on. Of course, we over here ain't so naive, but since that's what people in the world want us to be, so be it.
Hidalgo needs to focus on cleaning up the streets. It has to be perfect, all over the city. Requirements are very, very strict in that matter.