Authorities in the French capital are aiming to create green spaces instead of hundreds of roads. Residents backed the project in a referendum marked by a historically low voter turnout.

Parisians have voted to close traffic on hundreds of streets in the city center and open them up to pedestrians, cyclists and new green spaces. The plan is part of Socialist Party Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s ...

The majority of Parisians on Sunday voted in favour of 500 new 'garden streets' with pedestrianised areas and green spaces, ...

The residents of Paris have voted in favour of closing hundreds of the city's streets to cars. In a public survey, many ...

"At this stage, this was the thing to do because the situation was becoming complicated, tense and dangerous inside," Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told France Inter radio, according to Reuters.

Parisians has voted on a proposal to transform 500 streets into green pedestrian zones, testing public support for ambitious ...

Anne Hidalgo, re-elected Paris mayor on Sunday, is a Spanish-born socialist who has waged a divisive but ambitious campaign to push cars out of the centre of the French capital. Hidalgo ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo also expressed “unwavering support” of Jolly in the face of the threats and harassment.