The Airparif, an independent organization that accompanies the quality of air in the Paris region, has published that the levels of fine floors (PM 2.5) fell for 55 percent since 2005. year, while nitrogen dioxide was reduced by 50 percent. This improvement attributed to regulations and public policies, including traffic restriction measures and the ban on the most polluted vehicle, writes the Washington Post, transmits index.
Air pollution cards show that 20 years ago, almost all parts of the city were marked with pulsating red – almost every neighborhood crossed the European Union for nitrogen dioxide, which forms the combustion of fossil fuels. By 2023. The red zone decreased to the only thin network of lines passing through the city and around it, presenting the busiest roads and highways.
This change shows how ambitious political measures can directly improve the health of the inhabitants of large cities. Health experts often describe air pollution as a “quiet killer.” Both PM 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide are associated with serious health problems, including heart attacks, lung cancer, bronchitis and asthma.
Paris since 2014. Manages the Mayor of Anne Hidalgo, a socialist who is responsible for numerous green policies. He often points out his desire for “Paris breathing, Paris in which he is more comfortable to live.” Her proposals came across the resistance of the politicians of the right orientation, associations of car owners and suburban populations claiming that car suppression makes their daily life difficult.
But in March, Parisians voted in the referendum to convert an additional 500 streets in pedestrian zones. A year earlier, Paris significantly increased parking prices for SUV vehicles, forcing their drivers to pay three times more than the drivers of smaller cars.
The city also converted one coast of the Seine River, the previous road, turned into a pedestrian zone and banned most of the automotive traffic at Rue de Rivoli’s trademark. Carlos Moreno, a professor at the University of Sorbonne and a former City Adviser, said Paris developed a “urban policy-based politics.”
(Vijesti.ba)
