PARIS - Parisians voted in a referendum on March 23 to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city’s streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital’s left-leaning town hall to curb car ...

Authorities in the French capital are aiming to create green spaces instead of hundreds of roads. Residents backed the project in a referendum marked by a historically low voter turnout.

This was the third such referendum in Paris following a 2023 vote that approved a ban on e-scooters and a decision last year ...