The Georges Pompidou expressway (Voie Georges-Pompidou) is a former road for cars in Paris, France. As of 2022, it is an "urban park". [1]
France's then-prime minister, Georges Pompidou, opened the 13-kilometer [2] expressway in 1967.
From 2002, part of the highway became a beach in summer, known as " Paris-Plages" and visited by 4 million people annually (as of 2007). [3] [4]
Cars were banned on the left bank of the Seine in 2013 and on the right bank in 2017, after several years of experiments. [3] The removal of the car road happened under the mayors Bertrand Delanoë and Anne Hidalgo, the latter calling the process "a "reconquest" of the city for its residents. [1] This development is seen as a key example of a trend in Europe [1] and around the world [5] of cities discouraging cars from their roads.
Before the road was closed to them, 43,000 cars used the road daily. [6] While some protested against the removal of cars, the majority supported it. [3]
The Georges Pompidou expressway (Voie Georges-Pompidou) is a former road for cars in Paris, France. As of 2022, it is an "urban park". [1]
France's then-prime minister, Georges Pompidou, opened the 13-kilometer [2] expressway in 1967.
From 2002, part of the highway became a beach in summer, known as " Paris-Plages" and visited by 4 million people annually (as of 2007). [3] [4]
Cars were banned on the left bank of the Seine in 2013 and on the right bank in 2017, after several years of experiments. [3] The removal of the car road happened under the mayors Bertrand Delanoë and Anne Hidalgo, the latter calling the process "a "reconquest" of the city for its residents. [1] This development is seen as a key example of a trend in Europe [1] and around the world [5] of cities discouraging cars from their roads.
Before the road was closed to them, 43,000 cars used the road daily. [6] While some protested against the removal of cars, the majority supported it. [3]