Paris Car Ban

Paris has banned more than half of the cars registered in the region from its roads as a record heatwave worsens air pollution, the most drastic restrictions ever imposed there, officials said.

Paris will restrict car use on Wednesday as a measure to fight against surging air pollution linked to intense heat wave that strikes most of French regions, the city's police department announced.

he Metropole du Grand Paris council said on its Twitter feed it had voted to ban diesel cars registered before Dec. 31, 2000 from the area within the A86 second ring-road, which includes Paris and 79 municipalities around it, a region with 5.61 million inhabitants.

The French capital, which will host the Olympic Games in the summer of 2024 has been eyeing an end to diesel cars in the capital by the time of the event.

The city of Paris banned all cars for a day on last Friday, from 11am to 6pm. The idea was to let slower, cleaner forms of transport at least for a single day.

Is this the beginning of the end of the popularity of the diesel engine? Well, considering the fact that cities like Paris and Stuttgart (the home of automakers like Porsche or Mercedes-Benz who still have a very dominant diesel culture), have decided to ban diesel cars from their city centres in the foreseeable future, the threat seems very real.

The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens have said that they will stop the use of all diesel-powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade, so by 2025. The implementation of this ban will help in improving the air quality of the respective cities.

Mercedes-Benz showcased the plug-in hybrid version of the GLC at the 2016 Paris Motor Show and this might be one of the products that we'll see making its way to India. Mercedes-Benz has been trying to tackle the issue of the diesel car ban in Delhi and had mentioned that it plans to bring plug-in hybrid versions of its cars in India and the GLC 35...

Republican presidential hopefuls put the war against Islamic State jihadists front and center on Tuesday as they debated how to keep America safe -- with Donald Trump under attack for demanding a ban on Muslims entering the country.

Central Paris goes car-free tomorrow as part of its fight against air pollution, at a time when the Volkswagen emissions scandal again turns the spotlight on diesel and the air pollutants it produces.

Only vehicles with number plates ending in an odd number will be allowed to drive, though exceptions exist for vehicles like taxis, electric cars and ambulances.

The mayor of Paris called for diesel cars to be banned from the French capital by 2020 and said pedestrian-only neighbourhoods should be created in the city centre as part of a plan to fight pollution.

Pro-Palestinian French youth defying a ban on a protest against Israel's Gaza offensive clashed with police Sunday, setting fire to cars, pillaging stores and attacking two synagogues in Paris suburbs.

Paris on Monday banned all cars with even number plates for the first time in nearly 20 years to fight sky-high pollution but opted not to extend the measure after an improvement in air quality.

Thousands of cars will be banned from Parisian roads on Monday as the city tries to curb dangerous pollution levels.

Paris has banned more than half of the cars registered in the region from its roads as a record heatwave worsens air pollution, the most drastic restrictions ever imposed there, officials said.

Paris will restrict car use on Wednesday as a measure to fight against surging air pollution linked to intense heat wave that strikes most of French regions, the city's police department announced.

he Metropole du Grand Paris council said on its Twitter feed it had voted to ban diesel cars registered before Dec. 31, 2000 from the area within the A86 second ring-road, which includes Paris and 79 municipalities around it, a region with 5.61 million inhabitants.

The French capital, which will host the Olympic Games in the summer of 2024 has been eyeing an end to diesel cars in the capital by the time of the event.

The city of Paris banned all cars for a day on last Friday, from 11am to 6pm. The idea was to let slower, cleaner forms of transport at least for a single day.

Is this the beginning of the end of the popularity of the diesel engine? Well, considering the fact that cities like Paris and Stuttgart (the home of automakers like Porsche or Mercedes-Benz who still have a very dominant diesel culture), have decided to ban diesel cars from their city centres in the foreseeable future, the threat seems very real.

The mayors of Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens have said that they will stop the use of all diesel-powered cars and trucks by the middle of the next decade, so by 2025. The implementation of this ban will help in improving the air quality of the respective cities.

Mercedes-Benz showcased the plug-in hybrid version of the GLC at the 2016 Paris Motor Show and this might be one of the products that we'll see making its way to India. Mercedes-Benz has been trying to tackle the issue of the diesel car ban in Delhi and had mentioned that it plans to bring plug-in hybrid versions of its cars in India and the GLC 35...

Republican presidential hopefuls put the war against Islamic State jihadists front and center on Tuesday as they debated how to keep America safe -- with Donald Trump under attack for demanding a ban on Muslims entering the country.

Central Paris goes car-free tomorrow as part of its fight against air pollution, at a time when the Volkswagen emissions scandal again turns the spotlight on diesel and the air pollutants it produces.

Only vehicles with number plates ending in an odd number will be allowed to drive, though exceptions exist for vehicles like taxis, electric cars and ambulances.

The mayor of Paris called for diesel cars to be banned from the French capital by 2020 and said pedestrian-only neighbourhoods should be created in the city centre as part of a plan to fight pollution.

Pro-Palestinian French youth defying a ban on a protest against Israel's Gaza offensive clashed with police Sunday, setting fire to cars, pillaging stores and attacking two synagogues in Paris suburbs.

Paris on Monday banned all cars with even number plates for the first time in nearly 20 years to fight sky-high pollution but opted not to extend the measure after an improvement in air quality.

Thousands of cars will be banned from Parisian roads on Monday as the city tries to curb dangerous pollution levels.