The city of Paris is saying au revoir to cars. Over the past 20 years, it has restricted vehicle traffic, encouraging people to walk, bike or use public transport. In the beginning, many Parisians ...

Air pollution maps depicting the dramatic fall in pollution levels in Paris after the city restricted car traffic has gone viral on social media. The image shows the pollution levels in the French ...

Honking horns and screeching tires used to be a cliched scene-setting device for writers describing Paris. Those sounds no longer define a city where cars have taken a back seat. Visitors will ...

It’s 8:45am on a rainy weekday morning in Paris, and I’m standing in what used to be a traffic lane in a busy neighborhood near the city’s largest train stations. Less than a block away, cars are ...

I watch the pink-and-white-hued trees drooping under the weight of the cherry blossoms pass by the tram window. It is always a pleasure to watch them in spring. I enjoy watching vignettes of life ...

Over the past 20 years, the city of Paris has increasingly restricted vehicle traffic — encouraging people to walk, use public transportation or ride their bicycles. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station ...