{"id":341898,"date":"2021-09-20T23:24:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T20:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/crowds-flock-to-champs-elysees-during-paris-car-free-day\/"},"modified":"2021-09-20T23:24:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T20:24:36","slug":"crowds-flock-to-champs-elysees-during-paris-car-free-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/crowds-flock-to-champs-elysees-during-paris-car-free-day\/","title":{"rendered":"#Crowds flock to Champs-Elysees during Paris car-free day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Crowds flock to Champs-Elysees during Paris car-free day<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>PARIS, Sept 19  \u2013\u00a0Crowds\u00a0of\u00a0Parisians and tourists strolled along the\u00a0Champs-Elysees\u00a0avenue on Sunday\u00a0as a\u00a0car-free\u00a0day\u00a0removed most of the traffic from the French capital\u2019s usually busy streets.<\/p>\n<p>Pedestrians wandering along the most famous thoroughfare in\u00a0Paris\u00a0could view the Arc de Triomphe in its temporary guise as an art installation. The monument has been covered in silvery wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing, as conceived by the late artist Christo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our chance to walk on the \u2018Champs\u2019, to look at the Arc de Triomphe face-to-face and not just from the sidewalk,\u201d said Annie Matuszewski, a 68-year-old\u00a0Parisian.<\/p>\n<p>Paris\u00a0held its first\u00a0car-free\u00a0day\u00a0in 2015 in a central zone, expanding the initiative in 2017 to other districts within the city limits.\u00a0Paris\u00a0Mayor Anne Hidalgo has sought to use the annual event to curb vehicle use and reduce air pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Other thoroughfares in the capital on Sunday\u00a0were filled with walkers and cyclists, although buses, taxis and residents using\u00a0cars for essential journeys could still use some streets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/CARFREE-DAY_FRANCE-PARIS_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"People walk near the Arc de Triomphe monument, fully wrapped as part of an art installation entitled &quot;L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped&quot; conceived by the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, on the Champs Elysees avenue during a car-free sunday in Paris, France, September 19, 2021. \" class=\"wp-image-19519693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/CARFREE-DAY_FRANCE-PARIS_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/CARFREE-DAY_FRANCE-PARIS_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/CARFREE-DAY_FRANCE-PARIS_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>People walk near the Arc de Triomphe monument, fully wrapped as part of an art installation entitled \u201cL\u2019Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped\u201d conceived by the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, on the Champs Elysees avenue during a car-free sunday in Paris, France, September 19, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a>ist mayor, a candidate in next year\u2019s presidential election, has also reduced the speed limit on most of the city\u2019s streets to 19 miles per hour from 50 kph and pedestrianized some busy roads along the river Seine.<\/p>\n<p>But her policies have irritated motorists, particularly some residents of the suburbs who complain they do not have adequate alternative forms of transport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCar-free\u00a0day\u00a0is great if we integrate the entire\u00a0Paris\u00a0region,\u201d said Patrice, a retiree in the suburbs. \u201cOtherwise, it\u2019s almost as if they\u2019re saying people living in\u00a0Paris\u00a0are doing fine inside their perimeter, and everything outside is not worth their attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/CARFREE-DAY_FRANCE-PARIS_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"People walk near the Arc de Triomphe monument, fully wrapped as part of an art installation entitled &quot;L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped&quot; conceived by the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, on the Champs Elysees avenue during a car-free sunday in Paris, France, September 19, 2021.\" class=\"wp-image-19519693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/CARFREE-DAY_FRANCE-PARIS_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/CARFREE-DAY_FRANCE-PARIS_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/CARFREE-DAY_FRANCE-PARIS_1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>People walk near the Arc de Triomphe monument, fully wrapped as part of an art installation entitled \u201cL\u2019Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped\u201d conceived by the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, on the Champs Elysees avenue during a car-free sunday in Paris, France, September 19, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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