Paris bans cars along part of River Seine
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By AFP 6 mins ago in World
The city of Paris on Monday voted to ban cars along a stretch of the River Seine as part of an anti-pollution drive.
Mayor Anne Hidalgo said the move, which will pedestrianise a 3.3-kilometre (two-mile) stretch of the river's Right Bank, was a "historic decision, the end of an urban motorway and the taking back of the Seine."
The project is a centrepiece of the Socialist mayor's battle against pollution, which has also included banning cars from the Champs-Elysees avenue on the first Sunday of every month.
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