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Would you mind expounding on how it's getting worse? I'm not questioning that it is not, but most of what I hear about Paris reduce car traffic seems to be positive, and I'd like to hear more about your view point. Are commute times going up considerably? Are commutes less enjoyable? Is there more congestion of people (crowds) or bicycles, that has come in since the car reduction? Or is it something else that I never would've guessed? I really would be interested in hearing your point of view.

[ivanaudouard]

I've lived in Paris for 15 years. I don't quite know what this person's experience been here but my quality of life has definitely gone up in the last 5 years or so with the rise of the cycling population. This isn't solely due to Hidalgo's work creating more lanes; the inception of Lime and other such electric scooter companies, and the uptake of electric bikes (particularly with the city's public cycling company 'Velib') has made the whole experience quite frictionless. I will admit that car commutes have definitely become slower - notably due to the closing of the 'quais de Seine'. That being said, the city hasn't really slowed down and I now get to the the beautiful sites of the city on the daily, a minor tradeoff for the couple minutes extra in commute time.