Paris' Grand Plan to Become Europe's Greenest City
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Paris is already beautiful, but adding greenery anywhere just makes places look so much nicer!
😂😂 no it’s disgusting as is
Paris is not beautiful 🤡 very small pockets of Paris are nice while others are absolute shite.
@@iot1452 like every cities
@@Atilla_21 Except for Singapore maybe
Agreed!!
Living here in Paris is such an odd juxtaposition. Half of French administration is unnecessarily slow and the other half gets sh*t done!!! I have noticed a drastic difference in improvements over the past 10 years!!! 🏆
the french will refuse to admit it but there is progress in France not just decay ;)
damn dude youre freakin everywhere…i see yt gives us the same recommendations
I'm convinced that the French are people who live in heaven but are convinced they live in hell
@@haleffect9011 so true, but.. it's because they are convinced they live in hell that they are constantly improving and demanding even better.
@@backintimealwyn5736 Entirely true, I understand why, its one of the reasons France managed to stay a great power, far above its weight class, and in some ways even above the UK or Germany. But it gets annoying when every. single. change. is met with vehement opposition.
Remove bureaucrats? strikes (fewer ppl with jobs). Add bureaucrats? strikes (overblown bureaucracy). Decrease retirements? strikes (you take away OUR money?). Increase retirements? strikes (How dare you spend so much!). Do anything whatsoever with the environment? Strikes (It's not enough!!!) Decrease employer responsibility? strikes (Poor workers!). Increase employer responsibility? strikes (Poor employers!).
I would say the most amazing thing about France is that despite all of this, ALL the leaders want to change and improve things radically, from the most extreme to the most moderate, hardly anyone wants to keep things as they are, they ALL want to improve. That is what I find almost miraculous and one of the reasons why France s a great power, more than anything else.
Though of course, you'd hardly ever find a French person agreeing with any of this.
I love hearing about environmentally friendly construction.
Environmentalism is much more expensive an option than otherwise. Whose fault is it that YOU never figured out where the money that even ALLOWS the option of going green came from?
@@suserman7775 what?
@@MZ99698 Freedom creates wealth.
Environmentalism destroys wealth.
It may be popular among you Marxists to see wealth as a horrible and greedy. But the irony is, how do you think people can afford solar panels on their roof, a Tesla in their driveway, the costs of huge dedicated green spaces in their cities? ALL of that stuff takes great deals of MONEY. Why is that ironic? Because the very people that call for an environmental takeover of all industries are the same people that would have made all that wealth generation impossible.
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@@suserman7775 bore off
I'd argue Paris has one of the most ambitious liveable city movements in Europe. Not many places are moving as fast as them regarding e.g cycling infrastructure atm
Do you mean west Europe? All of the Scandinavian countries are ahead
@@OfficalyGenious OP’s argument is about the pace of evolution, so if other cities have done it before they’re not evolving anymore. But I visited Copenhagen for about a week this summer and didn’t find it that far ahead of Paris in terms of dedicated bike lanes, plus renting bikes there through Bycyklen much more expensive that the Parisian vélib. Did I miss something major?
Just get it done people!
Cycling infrastructure? You mean roads?
@@3run632 when comparing the major cities from personal experience I’ve found that Nordic countries have much better dedicated biking infrastructure such as bike paths in cities and roads that are meant for bikes that cars just happen to share. Is Paris doing good? Yes, but I’m a salty American. I can say France is falling behind it’s neighbors but we have nothing here so what do I know :(
This sounds like a fantastic project, every major city in the world should be considering projects like this
Yep!
Paris have a grand plan to be Muslim , already in process, Paris have more mosques than most Islamic cities
@@byzantium0086 oh no THE MUSLIMS WHAT WILL WE DOOOOOOOOOO. First of all source cause that is a pretty big claim and 2 why do you people act like Muslims are a different species?
@@byzantium0086 That's because paris has more population then the other ''islamic cities''
A lot of the government's do have major plans for green cities or sustainable cities. 😁😁😁
"motorist fear being squeezed out of public spaces" yeah thats kinda the point mate.
It is in principle but it's always more difficult for residents of the area as opposed to everyone else.
@@SFledz just ride a bike, it’s good for your health, your car should be used to go out of the city not travel within it
Why is it more difficult for local residents? Surely if anything it's easier for them, given that they already live there and therefore don't need to drive.
Pretty much
Pedestrians have been squeezed out of public spaces for too long. For any street, ~80% is dedicated to cars, and it's still not enough when traffic is high. A single tram can transport as many people as a motorway. Alas these motorists need to adapt for the greater good, because city spaces have been catered to cars for far too long.
0:38 this statistic is extremely misleading! The main reason the percentage is so low is that only a fraction of the metropolitan area is actually Paris.
They just never expanded the official borders. (almost)
If you only measure the central area of other cities, their percentage will also drop significantly
That is an interesting point you make there.
Indeed, the Oslo VS Paris statistic is ridiculous. The Oslo municipality extends far beyond the built up area of Oslo..
I thought the same thing ...
Totally agree, it's dishonest to take an arbitrary administrative limit instead of metro area. Unfortunately it's typical with city comparisons when it's supports the point made.
I was born and I lived in Paris since then and compared to most cities I've visited, Paris and even its suburb is extremely dense and noisy. You can take a look on Wikipedia of the 50 most densely populated cities in the world, and you'll find dozens from Paris area (for example Levallois-Perret is the 10th most dense city in the world, hurray...)
Even with those projects, Paris is 20-30 years late compared to other cities such as Amsterdam, copenhagen, and even south cities like Barcelona. Planting some threes on tourist attractions won't solve the nightmare around...
"It wouldn't have looked great if the city where a historic agreement took place did nothing to tackle its pollution and traffic"... Glasgow I'm looking at you! In a city that still has no public transport after midnight and a motorway ripping through it, I hope COP26 gives us the boost we need to make our 'Green Place' (Literally what Glasgow means) beautiful and sustainable again.
From what I hear the UK is leading in decarbonising its industry super quickly right now. Seems like the UK has stoppded heating with gas and stopped fossil fueled transport as well.
@@MrMakabar yeah the UK no longer uses coal as an energy source and electric car charging stations are popping up all over the country now
Glasgow is incredibly green though
@@MrMakabar We can't afford the gas and have nobody to drive the transport!
@@MrMakabar to me it’s about a city that is not super noisy, most noise comes from car tires, not engines, and doesn’t feel dangerous when cars are present.
I always thought a good measure is to ask yourself how comfortable you’d be if your 10 year old kid has to go across town on a bike to a friend or to school.
If you’d worry about the cars traffic then the city does not belong to people living in it but to cars who drive by, making noise and creating unacceptably unsafe situations for your family. Without having any link to your area. They merely speed past.
There’s nothing sweeter than being able to afford the luxury of traveling to different locations as enchanting and beautiful as this
You are right my friend, traveling is very adventurous and relaxing at the same time but also quite expensive, if not for the help of my financial advisor Mr. Larry Kent Nick I don’t think I would have been able to finance most of my relaxing vacations
That’s the same guy, I have been investing with him for the past 2 years and I must confess that has been the best financial decision I have made
I like the sound of this guy, I am also a travel enthusiast but sadly I don’t have the financial power to live my dreams of and adventurous life, if it’s possible I would also like to do business with this guy, what is the best way I can use to reach out to him
Yeah he is on Instagram
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Woooo!! Can’t wait for that new green space!
Are you living in Paris mostly or where in Europe?
Yep GREEN PUNK
to bad all that "green space" is occupied by thousands of homeless drug addicts
Here's hoping they'll reach their ultimate ambitious goal.
The video sparked a question in my mind, one that might suit this channel very well: if we were to build a completely new city, what would be some key design philosophies and urban development standards to make it navigable, efficient and worth living in?
laissez fair
If I would design a new city my number one goal would be: As less cars as possible!!!
Cars are the number one thing which make cities unpleasant to live in. They are loud, dirty and waste a ton of space which could be used to creat enjoyable places to be in.
I'd advise you to take a look at the cannel Not Just Bikes. He explains realy well why cars suck in cities.
@@tunnfisch7548 I actually am subscribed to him! Great channel with interesting perspectives on urban development. And I fully concur that private travel, bar walking and cycling, makes cities a lot less pleasant. And there can definitely be custom solutions for cargo.
No skyscrapers
"key design philosophies" for environmentalists would be easy. Every decision is made on the basis of "what's worse for human standard of living in the long run?".
Business = bad.
Capitalism = bad.
Human population = bad.
Few streets = good.
Authoritarian government = good.
Force everyone away from cars and onto government-directed and controlled transportation = good.
The Champs Élysées has long been one of the most overrated streets. The first time that I saw it there were still independent businesses along its length. The last time that I saw it there were few, if any, and it had become a rather garish "could be anywhere" street. Anything to improve its environment is worthwhile, though I do hope that views of the Arc de Triumph do not get spoiled.
All these changes would be fantastic for business along the street. Right now it's kind of a depressing place that feels more for cars than people. Kind of strange in the context of Paris.
Planting trees doesn’t bring back independent business. Jesus people are easily led by glossy pictures. The reason there’s are no independent businesses is due to high rent. Planting trees will drop rent how? It don’t address the reason locals don’t use it - it’s not because it hasn’t more trees (it’s got trees already ).
If they change it the iconic last stage of the Tour de France will not feel the same which i would hate but i guess its for the best.
agreed, as a parisian for me it's just a consumerist dull hellscape where you don't feel as you belong there as a frenchman
@@Ronline26 don't worry it will still be wide, we need to drive tanks through it once a year anyways XD
Regarding other greenspace areas in other cities, Athens is building one of the largest parks (called Hellinikon) in the world in its city consisting of 6.5 million m2 and costing 8 billion euro, finishing in 2nd half of 2020s.
I like this idea. I live in Berlin, which is an incredibly green city. The only difference would be that the green spaces in Paris are quite "manicured". In Berlin, they're more often very wild and just left to grow. Both have a certain charm.
That’s true
Both needs more skyscrapers. There are practically no skyscrapers in both your cities. Europe should have towering skyscrapers
@@captainjackpugh6050 no
skyscrapers are useless expansive and not very feat with the historical buildings
infrance major skyscrapers are in La Defense or not far of peripherique
@@thunderbolt8409 Skyscrapers are expensive, but they are not useless. If land has high value, why waste its potential by building buildings that are only a few stories? Skyscrapers are beautiful, huge structures. Each of them are towering monuments to Humanity’s greatness
@@captainjackpugh6050 because build skycrapers produces a decrease of the value of terrain inside Paris
Can't wait. Looks stunning. Watch and learn Central Vista!
I go to tuition classes on cycle and when it's the sunny day, I feel that it would have been great if the roads on which I travel would have been covered with trees. Only a small portion of road is covered with trees and that portion feels like heaven.
I understand the need of trees specially on the road sides.
Good luck to Paris!!!
Love from INDIA!!!
i think it's also important to mention that they want to permanently pedestrianize the center of the city, along with the currently ongoing doubling of our metro lines' length!
Yep ECOPUNK
If we speak of Greater Paris, it is already the greenest capital in Europe. More than 60% of parks and green zones.
The 9,5% - that's only if you consider Paris Intramuros, the little Paris, the old town.
Let’s hope some more cities follow suit 👌🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
I’m truly astonished Berlin didn’t make your list of “green cities”, though. Let alone Hamburg or Munich with their parks and gardens, but anyway.
Was my first thought, too.
DO GERMANS CARE?
@@king_has_no_clothskul8635 in reality not
Berlin is horrid
@@king_has_no_clothskul8635 Ja.
What counts as green space? Does it have to be a park, or as simple as adding a tree or two in a public square?
If I am not wrong (and I am not an expert) it is the amount of surface area used for planting greenery that counts. So green roofs and street trees do count but only their bases, not their leaf area. So parks would count more towards green space than current row of trees.
his number dont includes the 2 bigest park of paris that make 17% of the city surface......
Paris, the city of mosques and halal.
@@byzantium0086 you got the whole squad laughing
This is simply amazing. I really wish Toronto could do something like this. Unfortunately, there is a lot of push back from the oil and auto industries here.
It might be worth pointing out this is a continuation of seemingly popular and successly policy approach. Hidalgo was reelected on a platform largely based on further purging polluting personal cars, and Paris has apparently already seen a 56% drop in daily vehicle trips since 2002, with massive 100%+ YoY increases in cycling in the last couple years.
Yes but a 200% increase in crack addicts!
@@towaritch Any sources for that stat?
For 2019, the highest number for crack users in Paris I found is 8 500. Lowest 5 000.
Let's take the 8 500 and assume you didn't pull those 200% out of your ass, that would be 25 500 now. In a city of 11.1 million. Or... 0.2%.
The traffic stats on the other hand concern almost everyone.
@@LOLERXP yes about 25 000 for 2 million inhabitants ( middle class families are leaving 6 000 less pupils in school this semester) that proportion albeit maybe low in US terms is a novelty here.
This is preposterous. Do you live in Paris? Go live there before having your views. Living there you will realise that what she has done is waste the government’s money and that which we pay in taxes, created massive traffic throughout the whole of Paris and not even improved congestion. Bicycles are a failure as its cold half the year and they get stolen. Not everyone has the space. They are also really unhelpful to get to places far away and the tube system and bus system is terrible. As I said, go live there before making your judgement on statistics. Statistics do not show the full truth, only what we want to see.
Edit: She also got elected by trickery as she joined some arrondissement together to get her votes through on certain arrondissement that she knew were against here (i.e. the centre where she is making all these terrible changes.) People are not affected as much when they leave on the outskirts of Paris which means that they do not see the full picture
Showing Barcelona at the end was an odd choice considering their 2030 greening plan predates that of Paris. New Glories Catalanes park has just been opened, school streets have been pacified, the city just got awarded New European Bauhaus award for one of green roof tops, works on major Sagrera park are underway, and so are those of pacifying one of future green corridors, street of Consell de Cent, which will include 4 small parks inside famous, chamfered crossroads of Eixample, for which designs have already been selected.
Either way, great that two most visited cities are both working toward greener future.
Yup, Oslo 68% green is also misleading. maybe if you count the surrounding forest and hills, only accessible in the winter and where they actually lay tracks. In the summer it's very rough and overgrown, only the real vikings go there.
That list was nonsense.
I like the cities that start with the small local streets.. It's nice to find hidden park ways
its cool that things are finally happening in Paris, maybe when a lot of things here are done its worth to visit again.
NOT A SINGLE PERSON that lives in ile de france (greater paris area) “relies” on his or her car!!!
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I'm all in for more green spaces, however it's the rest that buggers me : how could designs such as those showcased in the 3D fit on the néo-classical and Haussmanian landscape that shape these areas ? They already did something similar in the Halles, while I was thinking they would've give it it's former friendly shape, they made it an even more soulless "modern" mall with ugly sculptures oddly similar to the one with the hand holding flowers in the video.
Now don't get me wrong, I know art is subjective and that modernity can become classic later, but you have to take the urban context into account. This type of project is greatly welcomed in the already modern parts of the city, way less in the historical center. They should really focus on the horrible fast lanes circling around the city that we call Périphérique, that already started to do so with the new tramways t3a and t3b
What do you think about Beaubourg Museum ?
The hand holding flower is already here, and it's absolutely awful
@@ericdurville6306 A disaster for the popular classes that were still selling their products in the (historical) Halles. All of that just to place a huge building made out of pipes in the middle of the most medieval parts of the city, as well as a parking on the side. It's a well-known fact that Pompidou had no respect whatsoever for the Patrimoine, and was having wet dreams of cars, modernist buildings, supermarkets and concrete everywhere. He actually achieved part of that dream in Paris.
Since when asphalt is a "classic landscape"?
@@fabianofrank4785 neo-classical*, that's the main style of french architecture from Louis XIV to the XIXth century. No asphalt there
Paris feels like the hub of all humanity on earth
That would be perfect ! There is no such thing as too many trees. Bravo Paris ! Looking forward to this :)
Long overdue, especially for ALL major cities. They really do need to rid of all Traffic.
As someone who has previously lived in Paris, I think you would gather way more support from the locals if you were making other forms of public transport such as metros and buses cleaner and safer (Such as adding cameras and security teams, and not letting people sleep or urinate in the stations). No middle or high class individual would agree to stop using his comfortable car if the only alternative is a dirty and dangerous mode of transport.
Totally agree with cleaner and safer! Also, while I was in Paris the homeless problem kept getting worse so impossible to take public transport without being solicited for money on a daily basis. At Gare du Nord it's particularly depressing having to walk past a guy with no arms and legs everyday, probably a victim of gang violence being forced to beg. Public transport is a grim affair in Paris.
But who uses a car in Paris? The majority of the middle class also use public transport.
What about an e-bike if a safe route is available. Most trips can be done in 20-30 minutes. Cycling in a busy city Is not slower than cars unless you exceed 25 km. Traffic jams can be horrendously time consuming. E-bikes zoom past at 25kmh.
@@gogogo1794 exactly haha. original commenter doesn't live in paris or is a real boomer
theres tons of cam its and you cant put a policeman in each wagon to make it more safe. We could use IA like china but it wouldnt be accepted. And one last thing, here thieves and thugs have nothing to fear from the justice system because they are consired as victim of the system...................................................
As ever, direct London-Paris comparisons are hard. Paris proper is basically equivalent to Inner London. London proper (i.e. Greater London) includes a lot of green suburbs with large parks (e.g. Richmond Park) that are too far out from the centre to be considered part of the city had they been in Paris. London may well be greener than Paris anyway, but a like-for-like comparison definitely wouldn't show London as being three times greener.
I enjoyed the video, though!
looks good, hope they achieve it
What exciting plans! Thank you for the video.
I’ve been living in the Paris for the past few years and my asthma has gotten significantly worse because of the air quality (according to the handful of drs i’ve seen) but as you say there have been so many little things that have been improving the overall life and air quality around the city!
I was very happily surprised to hear that the champs élysées have plans to change! It’s truly terrible at the moment and i dread passing through it on my bike.
Your video was awesome! Thank you!
leave then...
@@thornil2231 lol yes bcz that’s how life works right?
I’m curious, are you counting the Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes in that 9.3 % green space? Would love to know. And the City is covered in trees like few I’ve ever encountered. This is a sort of green space, no?
Both are within city limits and counted in the square miles/kilometers of the City. These large parks (forests) where part of Haussmann's design for Paris are are very much a part of Paris city life. We refer to them as the lungs of Paris. London through Zone 3 is slightly larger than Paris (beyond Zone 3 you are basically in suburbia or even "rural" London). That being said, many of London's large green spaces are beyond the central Zones so I just found the statement misleading. @@francoisfrancois9804
@@francoisfrancois9804 technically both belong to the city. That list was complete nonsense anyway. Berlin should be in the list as there are parks everywhere.
As a French i must say this new plan for the Champs-Elysée and Concorde really please me, not only because it will be greener, but also because the architectural landscape and landmarks are respected and even better highlighted, can't wait to see it finished !
Meanwhile my country: time to make our city into cyberpunk type of City.
We were in Paris in September on the Champs Elysées and the place
was deserted! No pedestrians, just the mega stores and fast food
outlets, and nothing worth an afternoon or anytime stroll. Perhaps
Paris by night when the Lido and other show venues open, Paris becomes
the City of Lights!
Agreed.
Moscow is so "high" on the greenery list only because there is literal National Park inside Moscow borders.
Russians know how to trick western rankings 😜
The percentage of 'green' land is not a very useful metric. It is much better to measure how long an average city dweller has to travel to get to a park.
Not only. All Soviet planned cities with their multi-story flats have lots of planted trees, basically like a forest cover from one building to the other. Most of Moscow is like that, most of the Soviet parts of the city might not look too pretty but it certainly has done well to create green spaces.
It is actually the greenest city on earth (54%) if you look at other more accurate sources. But yeah, Russia can't be presented in a good light in the West. They need to be constantly vilified.
What I would give to have LA city leaders propose something even half this ambitious before our Olympics.
LA has no public transportation. The existing network is so small that this wouldn't work. Cars are sadly required to live in LA. The only US city that can do this is NYC thanks to it's to robust tho unreliable MTA.
@@MuddinNYC - they could start by planting various trees along our rail network, most of which isn’t underground anyway. I mean if they did that we would literally have paths from downtown to the beach, for example, or downtown to the foothills.
@@3dheadcreeps87 Trees along a railway are safety hazards. It's why trees are removed at least 50 ft away when tracks are built. Unfortunately that just won't work. It also won't solve the lack of public transportation issue.
I can not help but notice, there is still a lot of space dedicated to cars in these animations. Why for example would you want a bunch of cars driving around one of your most famos landmaks in the city?? Doesn't really feel inviting if you ask me.
Deliveries, taxis, emergency vehicles, etc. How would you replace those if they don't have roads to go down?
@@SFledz I wouldn't but you don't need that much space for them. If you have no private traffic a standard two lane road would be enought in most places to handle traffic. This might be utopic but we could try to get as close as possible to that.
@@SFledz a lot of deliveries and taxi trips can be replaced by bikes. Certainly not all, but more than you might think. All these measures will also reduce traffic in the long run and therefore make streets faster for emergency vehicles.
Sightseeing busses... Paris is full of them cuz it's one of the most visited cities in the world (I couldn't possibly understand why...)
As long as they are limited to the strict necessary, and take one lane instead of 5 it's still a big improvement. And it's necessary to at least have that kind of space unless the plan is for hospitals to buy a fleet of helos. Not all kinds of businesses can be kept up by bicycle deliveries. Plus public transportation still has to be a thing. So it's not about banning all vehicles, but reducing them to the minimum.
Great!... I was in Paris in the summer of 2019.. cycling through the city... and already imagining it with 10% of the cars within the Boulevard de Peripherique, and more trees, bike lanes, and even more walking space....
Imagine Paris on 60dBA in stead of 80..!
Very cool. Might wanna redesign the airport , fix the subway and clean up the center while you're at it! Make Paris Great Again!
It's so strange to hear Paris described as a traffic-heavy city. Compared to every American city (even NYC), Paris is built for people and community, not just cars. Just goes to show the difference between Europe and the US in regards to becoming walkable, livable, and environmentally friendly. Also, congrats to Anne Hidalgo (Paris' mayor) for spearheading such a luminous transformation of an already-beautiful city.
B.S.
someone clearly haven't seen Paris traffic jam at 5pm
@@charles1413 Arguably that’s the periph rather than the city itself
@@3run632 potato potata, the greater Paris area has 10 million habs, Paris itself is seen more as the historic center nowadays.
@@charles1413 The expression is "patati patata", that’s not really what it means and no, Paris is still viewed as a real independent city and as a matter that f fact I live there so I’m quite aware.
This is AWESOME!!!!! Love Paris!!!
Love the channel, and keep up the great work! Just wanted to mention that Berlin is a very green city and should definitely have been on that comparison list (IMHO) …maybe rethink which sources to use :)
The comparison isn't fair anyway. Paris' boundaries are very small and focused on the very center of the megalopolis which is obviously very developed. Paris proper has around 2 million inhabitants while the Parisian urban area has 12. For comparison, the Land of Berlin is 8 times bigger than Paris intra-muros in size.
Looks good with the greenery. Still wishing to visit Paris and other places in France one day ❤️🇫🇷
Paris is incredbly green already, some really nice parks. way more than los Angeles
Man what a crazy idea, adding trees where they used to be…really groundbreaking idea
This project looks good and all but the problem is that Paris is already too expensive for a lot of people and they prefer to go in cities nearby where the cost of living is a little cheaper where they need their car to get around, theses changes would only transform paris into a unafordable museum, not even talking about the fact that the mayor is ineffective, streetd are never fully cleaned cleaned so much so that rats are starting to come back in Paris
Just a precision about the locals, from a former Parisian: the actual locals are not threatened by this measure. Only the inhabitants of the "Petite couronne" and "Grande couronne" (the outskirts and residential areas out of Paris itself) are angry about this, because they use cars to get around in Paris despite the reliable public transport system.
So they drive their cars into Paris and pollute our city (because they're too good for public transport I guess?), thus congestioning and causing noise, accidents and loss of space in a city which was never built to accommodate hundreds of thousands of cars. Then they are upset when the municipality doesn't bend over backwards for them.
A former Parisian bashing people who have to work for a living... just shut up!
I just wish we built buildings like they did in the 1600s here in Canada, idc about getting rid of cars but architecture is the king
I live in Oslo. I didn't realize just how un-green other cities are if Oslo is - far and beyond - in 1st place.
I knew Oslo was among the greener cities (compared to say Phoenix or something in the US), but I thought like top 10 or so
I wouldn't pat yourself on the back too hard. The statistic provided does not provide a good comparison between cities whatsoever, as it uses different sources for each city. The boundaries taken for each city, and what counts as proper green space will differ between these sources.
The list is complete nonsense, don't trust it. I was in Oslo and Berlin this summer, and Berlin should be in the list, yet isn't. Oslo is relatively green but I didn't feel it was particularly green, as a Parisian.
No really it's amazing city ever seen in my life where I felt that paradise exist in our mortal world more I love their atmosphere and citizens who made for each other as I tourist I must tell you that my it's my second crush after my motherland
London is actually 50% made up of greenery meaning Parks, green spaces, gardens and private gardens. Truly beautiful ❤️
Going to be dreary, cold looking place with fallen leaves during autumn causing drain blockages. But will be a great festive feature during Halloween, Easter, Christmas. Overall its good
What a wonderful project. Really hope it goes ahead as planned.
This actually sounds like, overall, a great idea. More greenery is rarely a bad idea, especially considering the benefits it gives us humans
I fear that you'll get only about a third of it done at twice the estimated original cost.
You're being very optimistic.
Once they finish the RER E Éole extension (1,7 billion over budget yet) we’ll talk about that colossal green project.
The negative comparison between London and Paris for green spaces is very misleading, as "London" as defined includes a very large metropolitan area, whereas technically, "Paris" still only includes the centuries old city boundaries, even though 80% of the population live outside that zone. On a comparable 'metropolitan area' basis, I think you will find Paris and London are already comparable for green space.
Where are you getting your stat about comparable Paris and London metropolitan green spaces? ‘The capital’s true green lungs, Hyde Park is the largest green space in central London and one of the capital’s nine royal parks. Covering an area of 140 hectares’. ‘By comparison, Park de la Villett, the largest park in Paris, has a total area of only 55 hectares’
@@TY-sx3jb Add Bois de Boulogne - 845 ha, and Bois de Vincennes- 995 ha both in the inner Paris metropolitan area. Parc de Villette is only the largest in Paris ‘intra-muros’ (central Paris).
@@lours6993 Both are on the edges of Paris? 😂
@@lours6993 Forgot to mention Hyde Park is in Central London so why are you adding it two other parks from outside inner Paris?
@@TY-sx3jb Sorry for your lack of knowledge. Look at a map. Only 20% of Paris metro area is inside ‘central’ Paris.
great video really enjoyed it 👍
the image of Barcelona at the end.... ohhhhhhh beautiful
Paris can learn a lot from Amsterdam. 30 years ago, Amsterdam was just as car centric, today, you can travel much of the city on bikes or other mass transit. You can't get rid of cars without expnding other ways for people to get around. Look for Not Just Bikes channel on RUclips for a much more indept view.
Paris has 12 millions inhabitants in the urban area. Amsterdam only 1,5 million. The issues are not the same, there are a looot of people living away from Paris but working there and who has not choice but coming by car.
I was hoping for this for a long time. It’s been years since I visited last and will go many time once this really kicks off.
The item sums up my feelings so well. Paris has so many fantastic attractions but every time I went there, I always felt unease. So much car noise, the exhaust fumes from all the cars and trucks, scooters and motorbikes are even worse.
You always had to navigate tiny sidewalks, incorrectly parked cars force you on the road. Then triple check for speeding cars and dangerous situations. Crossing the road is a real hassle. And the space that is available to people outside cars is too overcrowded because so much space is wasted by cars who are either parked and doing nothing, or drive past and only add pollution noise and danger to the area.
Don’t let the car dinosaurs who predict a doomsday for all business dictate the agenda. In all Dutch and Scandinavian cities where a meaningful large scale car reduction has taken place, the same doomsday was predicted, but wonder of wonders, business has always thrived. Even more than before because people want to be there now that it’s a calm and pleasant area. Barcelona too.
A city is a safe place for people, not for speeding cars.
It is just so amazing to realize how humankind thrive to plant more trees today which I believe the same eagerness people of the past have to build building before. Maybe history really repeats, but in this case, the eagerness to achieve what they really need.
0:07 this is the best traffic youll ever see in paris lol, this is extreme opposite of heavy traffic
Great video. I actually work for the City of Paris, in the Environment section and indeed a lot of work is being done to make Paris a greener city.
We need an update!
Trees should be everywhere i love trees very good for shade , oxygen and cleaning the air
It actually looked pretty green in some of those pictures.
It just occurred to me, this is super predictable. The most ritzy, blah blah blah, etc. place is getting a makeover, but the places that are probably poorer, and even less green, aren't going to get any investment, etc. It's presumptive, but I still think that it's probably true.
Wouldn't it be possible to make the whole city more appealing overall to reduce congestion? Maybe not, I don't know.
I do know that if the champs Elysees is only going to be open to foot traffic, it's going to be mostly only accessible to the extremely wealthy who live there. Which makes me sad.
I'm not saying I disagree with anything that they are doing, just that it's maybe not enough, or not going to affect the people in the same way.
Do you know what public transportation is?
@@oscardelafuente8649 I was saying that the neighborhood of the rich was being upgraded, while the poor's have to take the bus, train, etc. It's not as convenient as walking out your front door is it?
@@grantmccoy6739 if Champs Élysées becomes pedestrian-only, access will be by walking or by métro... which are both pretty standard already... having less cars, particularly taxis, private cars and chauffeur-driven cars, would perhaps mean LESS high-end consumers...?? I think it would be great.
@@jacquilucquin8206 yeah, I just meant that foot traffic is more accessible to people who live nearby. If you have to take mass transit, etc. its kind of a hassle. If all you have to do is walk down to the ground level of your building, it's very convenient.
Honestly, it's not like it really matters that much. It's always going to be the rich part of town.
They had me at rooftop gardens!
how the turntables
It’ll have to get rid of all the homeless then as well as all the cars!
2:42 i'm just close to that red 3 arrondissement an im weekd end motorcyclist. It's being harder and harder to just ride and i'm lucky to not be in that closed area it would make me nuts to justify me or even being forbiden everytime i want to go home. I'm prepare to leave the city to search the green in countryside, not force green into peoples spaces
J'espère que tu n'a pas voté Hidalgo sinon je dirai que "On à ce que l'on mérite.". Sérieusement, les commentaires sous cette vidéo son détaché de la réalité à un point absurde. Je n'ai pas mon permit et je n'ai jamais conduit de voiture mais cela ne m'enpèche pas de voir à quel point ces porjets sont absurde.
Que la municipalité s'occupe correctment des éspaces vert actuels avant d'en planter de nouveaux.
@@simsportif j'ai voté et pas pour hidalgo et je suis d'accord du coup !
"Force green into people's spaces" lmao how far has humanity fallen. You take your motorcycle and move to Detroit my friend.
If Paris has poor air quality...then where does Delhi stand 😵💫😳
Los Angeles, take notes
Paris is a partiuclar city. I hated living there, fled a soon as I could. But as a tourist, I can survive it a few days, especially in august.
@Ed wheather is shit people are all stressed and unfriendly, I had to spend 3,5 hours a day in the transport to go to work everyday on top of my 9 hours working day. My life is worth more than that, so I left after 11 month.
@@hirondelle8734 I had a good job opportunity close to Amsterdam, and then I moved to Grenoble and some other places. Paris was the worse for working.
I mean... the city is overpriced, the rent is horrendous, the city isn't clean and trash is everywhere, illegals make some places inaccessible because of crime, people are twats, there's too much traffic, small businesses are an endangered species while it was these businesses that made Paris beautiful and so on...
It's an overrated city
@@benjaminlamey3591 never accept a job with more than 1h of commuting. Here lies your mistake. As for people, they are like that in every large city, you aren't used to living in large cities, and I don't blame you for that. I refused to work in London and New york for the same reason.
I'm in Paris right now and I noticed theirs almost 0 trees or bushes along the streets in my neighborhood
Just a little note, in Warsaw, parks and green areas (such as forests or wild - growing trees) are 40%, not 17% of an entire city :) other than that, great job!
Depends what area they use. Paris area is 15 millions inhabittant then city of paris is 2 millions.
Concentration inhabittant in paris is 20 000 per km². So its just impossible to have 50% great space or then cancel road and car.
I did spend a week in Paris just 3 weeks ago. My partner actually told me literally about the city looks sad without more trees.
don't go there then...
Don't go to the United States. He'll have a total breakdown.
Finally going the right direction on the number of car lanes
Why is Berlin not on that greenest city list? It would actually be at the very top with 59% of its area being park or woodlands.
Context missing though - most of the described added green areas listed here are very small area. If the total account for one more percent of greenery I'd be surprised. So where do they plan to get the 20+ extra greenery points? The biggest change is that the town limit defintion is going to change and that a lot of suburbs are going to be assimilated, with their own greenery. If they extend it to the whole Ile de France then sure, the green ratio will sky rocket as there's some actual country landscape in that area. To be fair, that's how London limits work. I have looked a bit into this notion of city limits and it turns out that there are vastly different ways to setup administrative border even betwen three close countries such as UK, France and Germany. Be weary of what you read in those worldwide leaderboards on any city metrics - population, density, etc. The way to organise cities, country side and anything in between differs vastly from place to place and I found it impossible for instance to see what was the biggest city between say Lyon and say Phoenix.
Paris is a great city. I understand some people wanting to get rid of cars, but this has to be done with much care, because you dont want to ruin accessibility. Also forcing everyone into a bus, subway etc doesnt always work. Cars are an integral part of the city.
I hope corporations are forced to be greener than some cities because huge corporations becoming 1% greener is way better for environment than some cities becoming greener. That being said, this is the move in right direction. I hope more cities become greemer
Tomorrow's Build: Paris is the capital of fashion
Milan: Am I a joke to you?
Does the 9.5% of current Green includes Bois de Boulogne and Bois de Vincennes that are considered to be a part of Paris or not?
If so, the figure seems a bit low, but I could be wrong.
WHAT?! Why the hell wouldn't they do this so it's ready FOR the Olympics not after. Such a weird move
BIG need in public restrooms and very high fines for peeing on the buildings and everywhere. Start with €100 and go up or the person needs to clean the street until it doesn’t smell urine.
Unfortunately these green spaces will for sure become migrants campgrounds.
Fantastic initiative to make Paris more sustainable by adding greenery🙌🏼🌳
Come to the Paris of East - Warsaw and check out the amazing greenery here :)
I hope they will not put modern art in the gardens but rather statues of the great men of France.
only men?
@@miyounova when we say men it includes women. Or I don't know how to speak English, which would surprise me a little
What about Boulogne and Vincenne woods ? :(
Beautiful city
Paris is already the most beautiful city on our planet…can’t wait to see the transformation
Paris is beautiful, would love to see if India does the same thing!
Nice floor tiles
Dont the French call it 'Pagghis'?
Nope, thats the Scots...
Never heard of that before...
I believe it's pronounced "Paree" in French, with the R sound being produced by pressing the back of your tongue against your throat.
@@GTAVictor9128 And by aspirating the "i" slightly at the end. I grew up in Paris as a youth for three years coming there from NZ. Loved it. 💙