In Paris, today's action Car-free Day caused chaos around the capital. The action, organized for the fourth time, is to raise awareness of the need to take care of the natural environment, mainly clean air. Its effect was gigantic traffic jam on the Paris beltway.
On the outskirts of the capital of France, guards dressed in yellow, reflective vests were setting barriers, only passing buses, municipal vehicles, ambulance, police and firemen, as well as taxis and cars of residents reaching their home. Vehicles could move at a speed of 30, and in some districts even 20km / h. The entry ban concerned motorcycles, scooters as well as electric cars.
The Champs Elysées were closed for traffic and turned into a pedestrian street where numerous cyclists. Roller skaters and people moving on scooters appeared next to the walkers.
According to preliminary data, about a quarter of this day the emission of poisonous gases and micro particles decreased in the atmosphere, and the noise level decreased by twenty percent. However, the commentators are not in agreement with the evaluation of this initiative. Some emphasize its ecological aspect. Others consider it a political marketing - a form of struggle between socialists - supporters of limiting vehicle traffic - and a right wing that opposes it.
The result of today's action were gigantic traffic jam that formed on the Paris beltway and on motorways that run close to the city.
