Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian

FILE PHOTO: Tourists are silhouetted against the sunset as they take pictures on a cold day in Trocadero Square near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, January 14, 2025. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.

Some 65.96% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, while 34.04% rejected it, official results showed. Only 4.06% of voters turned out in the consultation, which was organised by the municipality.