Amazing! I looked this up. Rue de Meaux (Meaux St) in Paris is not in the CBD. It’s way out in the 19th Arrondisement - sort of like, Mt Eden in Auckland or Hataitai in Wellington only with a really cool canal in it) and it was already designated a rue appaisée which is a low traffic area. That said Paris does have traffic limitations in the central areas.
I like the idea of fewer cars but so often it’s done in a way that makes public spaces (and some shops etc) way less accessible for some disabled people. This is especially important to consider in New Zealand, because here, mobility aids are not funded for all of the disabled people who can’t walk.
I’d agree with this kind of response, if the people who raised them actually gave a fuck about disabled people. But they don’t - they only use it as an excuse to not improve something. It’s always a blocker. Never to suggest changes that actually benefit disabled people like more disabled parks, better and wider pedestrian spaces, smoother transitions between grades, more ramps in places without them.
But it’s never that. It’s just another thinly veiled “muh car park”.
Amazing! I looked this up. Rue de Meaux (Meaux St) in Paris is not in the CBD. It’s way out in the 19th Arrondisement - sort of like, Mt Eden in Auckland or Hataitai in Wellington only with a really cool canal in it) and it was already designated a rue appaisée which is a low traffic area. That said Paris does have traffic limitations in the central areas.
I like the idea of fewer cars but so often it’s done in a way that makes public spaces (and some shops etc) way less accessible for some disabled people. This is especially important to consider in New Zealand, because here, mobility aids are not funded for all of the disabled people who can’t walk.
I’d agree with this kind of response, if the people who raised them actually gave a fuck about disabled people. But they don’t - they only use it as an excuse to not improve something. It’s always a blocker. Never to suggest changes that actually benefit disabled people like more disabled parks, better and wider pedestrian spaces, smoother transitions between grades, more ramps in places without them.
But it’s never that. It’s just another thinly veiled “muh car park”.