Paris' Grand Plan to Become Europe's Greenest City

[@Alex-ix6oi]

Paris is already beautiful, but adding greenery anywhere just makes places look so much nicer!

[@JL1009]

😂😂 no it’s disgusting as is

[@iot1452]

Paris is not beautiful 🤡 very small pockets of Paris are nice while others are absolute shite.

[@Atilla_21]

@@iot1452 like every cities

[@wavyy]

@@Atilla_21 Except for Singapore maybe

[@TomorrowsBuild]

Agreed!!

[@damondominique]

Living here in Paris is such an odd juxtaposition. Half of French administration is unnecessarily slow and the other half gets sh*t done!!! I have noticed a drastic difference in improvements over the past 10 years!!! 🏆

[@backintimealwyn5736]

the french will refuse to admit it but there is progress in France not just decay ;)

[@vengxance]

damn dude youre freakin everywhere…i see yt gives us the same recommendations

[@haleffect9011]

I'm convinced that the French are people who live in heaven but are convinced they live in hell

[@backintimealwyn5736]

@@haleffect9011 so true, but.. it's because they are convinced they live in hell that they are constantly improving and demanding even better.

[@haleffect9011]

@@backintimealwyn5736 Entirely true, I understand why, its one of the reasons France managed to stay a great power, far above its weight class, and in some ways even above the UK or Germany. But it gets annoying when every. single. change. is met with vehement opposition. Remove bureaucrats? strikes (fewer ppl with jobs). Add bureaucrats? strikes (overblown bureaucracy). Decrease retirements? strikes (you take away OUR money?). Increase retirements? strikes (How dare you spend so much!). Do anything whatsoever with the environment? Strikes (It's not enough!!!) Decrease employer responsibility? strikes (Poor workers!). Increase employer responsibility? strikes (Poor employers!). I would say the most amazing thing about France is that despite all of this, ALL the leaders want to change and improve things radically, from the most extreme to the most moderate, hardly anyone wants to keep things as they are, they ALL want to improve. That is what I find almost miraculous and one of the reasons why France s a great power, more than anything else. Though of course, you'd hardly ever find a French person agreeing with any of this.

[@Gokun12498]

"motorist fear being squeezed out of public spaces" yeah thats kinda the point mate.

[@SFledz]

It is in principle but it's always more difficult for residents of the area as opposed to everyone else.

[@moisesjimenez4391]

@@SFledz just ride a bike, it’s good for your health, your car should be used to go out of the city not travel within it

[@pa9365]

Why is it more difficult for local residents? Surely if anything it's easier for them, given that they already live there and therefore don't need to drive.

[@maxnewts]

Pretty much

[@GTAVictor9128]

Pedestrians have been squeezed out of public spaces for too long. For any street, ~80% is dedicated to cars, and it's still not enough when traffic is high. A single tram can transport as many people as a motorway. Alas these motorists need to adapt for the greater good, because city spaces have been catered to cars for far too long.

[@FurtivePenguin]

Im a french citizen and i was aware of the Paris Green Project but i wasn't aware what was to be expected. I learned more about this in 5 min than ever xD Great content btw keep going ! Edit : thx for all the likes lol, first time for me to be that famous

[@jamesforbes2205]

I'm curious about the carbon offset and the temperature moderation effect. It's really ambitious and I think it's mostly really great change.

[@FurtivePenguin]

@@jamesforbes2205 yes i think temperature in the city will decrease a lot and get more people to come out on sunny days and walk aroud the Champs (particularly in summer when its super hot)

[@jamesforbes2205]

@@FurtivePenguin Yes it looks really good I hope this realizes as shown. If it's 5 years to the finish it sets a bar for what we can and must do globally. I have never considered Paris for a home seriously but this... this is inspiring a bit

[@jamesforbes2205]

Aussi et sotto voce les chiens auront du terrain plus camouflant pour leurs ornements indiscrets si bien connus au monde entier! And I say this because my street here is concrete and full of crottes de paresse... le parc il n'est pas loin.

[@FurtivePenguin]

@@jamesforbes2205 en même temps leurs maîtres sont Parisiens faut pas s'attendre à grand chose venant d'eux mdrrrr

[@MZ99698]

This sounds like a fantastic project, every major city in the world should be considering projects like this

[@TomorrowsBuild]

Yep!

[@byzantium0086]

Paris have a grand plan to be Muslim , already in process, Paris have more mosques than most Islamic cities

[@cyrusthegreat7030]

@@byzantium0086 oh no THE MUSLIMS WHAT WILL WE DOOOOOOOOOO. First of all source cause that is a pretty big claim and 2 why do you people act like Muslims are a different species?

[@noileyys2249]

@@byzantium0086 That's because paris has more population then the other ''islamic cities''

[@TRINI333]

A lot of the government's do have major plans for green cities or sustainable cities. 😁😁😁

[@emilyarchibald1900]

I love hearing about environmentally friendly construction.

[@suserman7775]

Environmentalism is much more expensive an option than otherwise. Whose fault is it that YOU never figured out where the money that even ALLOWS the option of going green came from?

[@MZ99698]

@@suserman7775 what?

[@suserman7775]

@@MZ99698 Freedom creates wealth. Environmentalism destroys wealth. It may be popular among you Marxists to see wealth as a horrible and greedy. But the irony is, how do you think people can afford solar panels on their roof, a Tesla in their driveway, the costs of huge dedicated green spaces in their cities? ALL of that stuff takes great deals of MONEY. Why is that ironic? Because the very people that call for an environmental takeover of all industries are the same people that would have made all that wealth generation impossible.

[@TomorrowsBuild]

You're gonna love our channel

[@MZ99698]

@@suserman7775 bore off

[@nathanieldrew]

Woooo!! Can’t wait for that new green space!

[@MomasBoyOnline]

Are you living in Paris mostly or where in Europe?

[@AMPProf]

Yep GREEN PUNK

[@colej7973]

to bad all that "green space" is occupied by thousands of homeless drug addicts

[@jebbo-c1l]

I'd argue Paris has one of the most ambitious liveable city movements in Europe. Not many places are moving as fast as them regarding e.g cycling infrastructure atm

[@OfficalyGenious]

Do you mean west Europe? All of the Scandinavian countries are ahead

[@3run632]

@@OfficalyGenious OP’s argument is about the pace of evolution, so if other cities have done it before they’re not evolving anymore. But I visited Copenhagen for about a week this summer and didn’t find it that far ahead of Paris in terms of dedicated bike lanes, plus renting bikes there through Bycyklen much more expensive that the Parisian vélib. Did I miss something major?

[@rickb3078]

Just get it done people!

[@pmrribeiro]

Cycling infrastructure? You mean roads?

[@OfficalyGenious]

@@3run632 when comparing the major cities from personal experience I’ve found that Nordic countries have much better dedicated biking infrastructure such as bike paths in cities and roads that are meant for bikes that cars just happen to share. Is Paris doing good? Yes, but I’m a salty American. I can say France is falling behind it’s neighbors but we have nothing here so what do I know :(

[@bernddamian9519]

There’s nothing sweeter than being able to afford the luxury of traveling to different locations as enchanting and beautiful as this

[@martinsriggs2441]

You are right my friend, traveling is very adventurous and relaxing at the same time but also quite expensive, if not for the help of my financial advisor Mr. Larry Kent Nick I don’t think I would have been able to finance most of my relaxing vacations

[@martinsriggs2441]

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[@bernddamian9519]

I like the sound of this guy, I am also a travel enthusiast but sadly I don’t have the financial power to live my dreams of and adventurous life, if it’s possible I would also like to do business with this guy, what is the best way I can use to reach out to him

[@martinsriggs2441]

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[@martinsriggs2441]

@ Larry Kent Nick Trading

[@nicolasblume1046]

0:38 this statistic is extremely misleading! The main reason the percentage is so low is that only a fraction of the metropolitan area is actually Paris. They just never expanded the official borders. (almost) If you only measure the central area of other cities, their percentage will also drop significantly

[@portibolivia]

That is an interesting point you make there.

[@GustavMeyer]

Indeed, the Oslo VS Paris statistic is ridiculous. The Oslo municipality extends far beyond the built up area of Oslo..

[@AD-jq7ow]

I thought the same thing ...

[@Voyant]

Totally agree, it's dishonest to take an arbitrary administrative limit instead of metro area. Unfortunately it's typical with city comparisons when it's supports the point made.

[@hectoraventurier8754]

I was born and I lived in Paris since then and compared to most cities I've visited, Paris and even its suburb is extremely dense and noisy. You can take a look on Wikipedia of the 50 most densely populated cities in the world, and you'll find dozens from Paris area (for example Levallois-Perret is the 10th most dense city in the world, hurray...) Even with those projects, Paris is 20-30 years late compared to other cities such as Amsterdam, copenhagen, and even south cities like Barcelona. Planting some threes on tourist attractions won't solve the nightmare around...

[@jamescooperjc]

"It wouldn't have looked great if the city where a historic agreement took place did nothing to tackle its pollution and traffic"... Glasgow I'm looking at you! In a city that still has no public transport after midnight and a motorway ripping through it, I hope COP26 gives us the boost we need to make our 'Green Place' (Literally what Glasgow means) beautiful and sustainable again.

[@MrMakabar]

From what I hear the UK is leading in decarbonising its industry super quickly right now. Seems like the UK has stoppded heating with gas and stopped fossil fueled transport as well.

[@Eraeraeric]

@@MrMakabar yeah the UK no longer uses coal as an energy source and electric car charging stations are popping up all over the country now

[@AndreyRubtsovRU]

Glasgow is incredibly green though

[@stuartgibbons7888]

@@MrMakabar We can't afford the gas and have nobody to drive the transport!

[@rickb3078]

@@MrMakabar to me it’s about a city that is not super noisy, most noise comes from car tires, not engines, and doesn’t feel dangerous when cars are present. I always thought a good measure is to ask yourself how comfortable you’d be if your 10 year old kid has to go across town on a bike to a friend or to school. If you’d worry about the cars traffic then the city does not belong to people living in it but to cars who drive by, making noise and creating unacceptably unsafe situations for your family. Without having any link to your area. They merely speed past.

[@PATAPOE]

If anyone is curious to know, the last aerial shot of the video is actually from Versailles city, where we can see a part of the immense royal garden on the left as well as the Cathédrale Saint Louis on the right. Versailles is an already quite green and appreciated alternative to Paris, with no less than 3 different subway lines to go to the french capital.

[@ms-9]

lol there is no subway to Versailles, only trains

[@pastek93]

@@ms-9 The RER is kind of like the subway though

[@ms-9]

@@pastek93 well it doesn't go under the ground until Paris, so no really it's more a train. It's more like the sprinter in Amsterdam than like the tube

[@pastek93]

@@ms-9 i see what you mean, but still it's not a full-fledged train like the TGV or the Intercités, and since it shares the ticket system with rest of the subway network it's kind of like an hybrid between train and the tube imo

[@PATAPOE]

@@pastek93 Exactly my point as to why I call it a subway, thanks for clarifying.

[@rahhuuuu2321]

well the difference with other European cities isn’t very fair since Paris area is very small. If you add the huge parcs across the city it could easily gain 10% of green space. I’m talking about le “champ de Vincennes”, “bois de Boulogne”.

[@napsec9807]

But the land value and density of population is much higer so i think it is totally fair.

[@rahhuuuu2321]

@@napsec9807 what ? I didn’t mean that but cities as Berlin has huge area and include parc around it. Paris true area is still the same since decades. And the biggest parcs of the capital aren’t counted as a part of the city.

[@Orcahhh]

Absolutely Paris has effectively run out of space: if you want to add green, you have to remove something else

[@pgdsfcv5552]

Le champ de Vincennes ?? C'est le bois de Vincennes

[@DarkAngelEU]

Compared to Berlin any capital looks small, even London lol

[@jaredg92i]

If you’re gonna compare London (sprawl) with Paris, you need to compare it with Grand Paris, that is, what includes the surrounding inner ring banlieues (92-93-94), otherwise it’s a stupid comparison. Paris is packed with squares (small parks) all over the residential areas that every Parisian can get to by walking. Don’t compare apples and oranges. London is a sprawl akin to New York, and it includes a ton of areas that wouldn’t be inside of Paris, but just outside in the inner ring banlieues. That’s why it has more green space. It’s ridiculous to compare the two about this.

[@Voyant]

100% and such a rookie mistake

[@jandron94]

And what makes Paris a pleasant city to visit and live in is its high-density compared to over-extanded medium-density cities. Rather than wanting to make it "greener" what matters most is to limit the air pollution, making streets clean and tidy by removing all the visual pollution, removing "global world" fast food/fashion/tech shops, make it an even more walkable/cyclable city and to facilitate the access to existing parks (inside and outside of Paris Intramuros).

[@petrdavidvacha4891]

So true, there is a park (be it a small green spot or a larger one) within couple minutes of walk wherever you are in Paris. Plus large jardins and bois on the outskirts. I've lived both in Paris and London and didn't feel surrounded much more by green space in London, though.

[@thornil2231]

It's an anglocentric channel so what do you expect?

[@PhilJonesIII]

At country level, The UK is around 12% forest. France around 32% .

[@ivishnukn]

Can't wait. Looks stunning. Watch and learn Central Vista!

[@Celis.C]

Here's hoping they'll reach their ultimate ambitious goal. The video sparked a question in my mind, one that might suit this channel very well: if we were to build a completely new city, what would be some key design philosophies and urban development standards to make it navigable, efficient and worth living in?

[@carlosandleon]

laissez fair

[@tunnfisch7548]

If I would design a new city my number one goal would be: As less cars as possible!!! Cars are the number one thing which make cities unpleasant to live in. They are loud, dirty and waste a ton of space which could be used to creat enjoyable places to be in. I'd advise you to take a look at the cannel Not Just Bikes. He explains realy well why cars suck in cities.

[@Celis.C]

@@tunnfisch7548 I actually am subscribed to him! Great channel with interesting perspectives on urban development. And I fully concur that private travel, bar walking and cycling, makes cities a lot less pleasant. And there can definitely be custom solutions for cargo.

[@theartframe9596]

No skyscrapers

[@suserman7775]

"key design philosophies" for environmentalists would be easy. Every decision is made on the basis of "what's worse for human standard of living in the long run?". Business = bad. Capitalism = bad. Human population = bad. Few streets = good. Authoritarian government = good. Force everyone away from cars and onto government-directed and controlled transportation = good.

[@guldklimp]

The percentage of Green spaces is wrong though. Just the two big parks (bois de Boulogne et bois de Vincennes) make up 17,5 % of the city area. If you add the other parks it's of course much more. And still, that is just the commune de Paris, which basicly is just the city center (compared to London and other cities who include villa suburbs). That being Said, I'm looking forward to this change!

[@joulestrouve3038]

Maybe they’re didn’t count anything beyond the périphérique ? They’re great parks but they’re not part of the « dense » Paris, they’re pretty far away right at the edges, they don’t do has much for greenery and pollution than, say, Central Park. But you’re right to say that they ARE part of the city technically, I’m curious to understand these numbers here as well.

[@hectoraventurier8754]

I was born and I lived in Paris since then and compared to most cities I've visited, Paris and even its suburb is extremely dense and noisy. You can take a look on Wikipedia of the 50 most densely populated cities in the world, and you'll find dozens from Paris area. Even with those projects, Paris is 20-30 years late compared to other cities such as Amsterdam, copenhagen, and even south cities like Barcelona. Planting some threes on tourist attractions won't solve the nightmare around...

[@vlt96]

Maybe they're referring to Paris itself, not the metro area? Those 2 parks belonging to the city are like someone looking at a circle with 2 random squares nearby and saying "yeah, that's all just a circle"

[@ligametis]

Paris center is a concrete wasteland, can't argue with that. It is very dense.

[@aa-t8969]

@@ligametis To call one of the most beatiful cities on earth „concrete wasteland“ is bold (not to say ridiculous). By the way as mentioned before the percentage is wrong... considering the bois de boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes (both within the administrative borders of „inner“ Paris) the percentage has to be much higher (I guess over 20%). Speaking about administrative borders: it is just ridiculous to compare a city with 105 km2 with a city with 1 572 km2 - obviously the borders of London comprise much of the outskirts of the city (with a lot of greenery ) and the borders of Paris don‘t.

[@christopherborsellino2268]

Wow...nice to see that the city of Paris is moving forward with this beautification project. I have never beeen to Paris, but it looks like a wonderful place to explore.

[@brentonwithers4508]

I like this idea. I live in Berlin, which is an incredibly green city. The only difference would be that the green spaces in Paris are quite "manicured". In Berlin, they're more often very wild and just left to grow. Both have a certain charm.

[@macsimiliam]

That’s true

[@captainjackpugh6050]

Both needs more skyscrapers. There are practically no skyscrapers in both your cities. Europe should have towering skyscrapers

[@thunderbolt8409]

@@captainjackpugh6050 no skyscrapers are useless expansive and not very feat with the historical buildings infrance major skyscrapers are in La Defense or not far of peripherique

[@captainjackpugh6050]

@@thunderbolt8409 Skyscrapers are expensive, but they are not useless. If land has high value, why waste its potential by building buildings that are only a few stories? Skyscrapers are beautiful, huge structures. Each of them are towering monuments to Humanity’s greatness

[@thunderbolt8409]

@@captainjackpugh6050 because build skycrapers produces a decrease of the value of terrain inside Paris

[@mathieumaticien]

I'm surprised Paris is so low in green space standings. Every time I go to Paris I'm in love with all its parks in every arrondissement. Parc des Buttes-Chaumont is my favorite, and it's so beautiful.

[@tijldeclerck7772]

Compared to other European cities it does feel less green tho. Only compared to American cities it feels green, because muricans thought it was more important to build 1000 parking spaces for every store.

[@2mac_mini952]

@@tijldeclerck7772 both have their own charm

[@InXLsisDeo]

That list was nonsense, the stats quoted are worthless.

[@PLuMUK54]

The Champs Élysées has long been one of the most overrated streets. The first time that I saw it there were still independent businesses along its length. The last time that I saw it there were few, if any, and it had become a rather garish "could be anywhere" street. Anything to improve its environment is worthwhile, though I do hope that views of the Arc de Triumph do not get spoiled.

[@szurketaltos2693]

All these changes would be fantastic for business along the street. Right now it's kind of a depressing place that feels more for cars than people. Kind of strange in the context of Paris.

[@andyrob3259]

Planting trees doesn’t bring back independent business. Jesus people are easily led by glossy pictures. The reason there’s are no independent businesses is due to high rent. Planting trees will drop rent how? It don’t address the reason locals don’t use it - it’s not because it hasn’t more trees (it’s got trees already ).

[@Ronline26]

If they change it the iconic last stage of the Tour de France will not feel the same which i would hate but i guess its for the best.

[@abbotbusoni4311]

agreed, as a parisian for me it's just a consumerist dull hellscape where you don't feel as you belong there as a frenchman

[@abbotbusoni4311]

@@Ronline26 don't worry it will still be wide, we need to drive tanks through it once a year anyways XD

[@karuneshsingh4920]

I go to tuition classes on cycle and when it's the sunny day, I feel that it would have been great if the roads on which I travel would have been covered with trees. Only a small portion of road is covered with trees and that portion feels like heaven. I understand the need of trees specially on the road sides. Good luck to Paris!!! Love from INDIA!!!

[@Ptolemy336VV]

Regarding other greenspace areas in other cities, Athens is building one of the largest parks (called Hellinikon) in the world in its city consisting of 6.5 million m2 and costing 8 billion euro, finishing in 2nd half of 2020s.

[@angry_strawberry2733]

its cool that things are finally happening in Paris, maybe when a lot of things here are done its worth to visit again.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Let’s hope some more cities follow suit 👌🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[@jeanconstantin2713]

Lower green space rates can partly be explained by the fact that Paris proper is only made of the very dense hypercenter, contrary to greater London or Berlin which both include more suburban areas within their city limits so it's not surprising that those cities have higher green space rates.

[@EscapeFromCustody]

Even just looking at the very centre of the city, comparing satellite view on Google Maps for London and Paris the difference is striking. Especially for Paris north of the river. It isn't just the suburban areas, Central London is full of green space too with many royal parks and public spaces.

[@lockheed12345]

This is simply amazing. I really wish Toronto could do something like this. Unfortunately, there is a lot of push back from the oil and auto industries here.

[@jerooo159]

You should do a video about the Oosterweelverbinding in Antwerp. It's probably the biggest construction project in the BENELUX right now

[@ignacioburkhardt789]

What's that?

[@jerooo159]

@@ignacioburkhardt789 Search it on youtube, it has a nice video about it. Basically they'll be extending the ring and making part of it underground to make parks for the citizens and to reduce polution, congestion and noise. It's been a thing they have been trying to make since the 90s and they finally started building it last year and wont be completed until the end of the decade

[@andreepages8430]

What exciting plans! Thank you for the video.

[@tjjones33]

Paris is incredbly green already, some really nice parks. way more than los Angeles

[@casinoheimdall9328]

If we speak of Greater Paris, it is already the greenest capital in Europe. More than 60% of parks and green zones. The 9,5% - that's only if you consider Paris Intramuros, the little Paris, the old town.

[@Samuel_J1]

What counts as green space? Does it have to be a park, or as simple as adding a tree or two in a public square?

[@VictorECaplon]

If I am not wrong (and I am not an expert) it is the amount of surface area used for planting greenery that counts. So green roofs and street trees do count but only their bases, not their leaf area. So parks would count more towards green space than current row of trees.

[@ltgdr6298]

his number dont includes the 2 bigest park of paris that make 17% of the city surface......

[@byzantium0086]

Paris, the city of mosques and halal.

[@kalliase]

@@byzantium0086 you got the whole squad laughing

[@fietsenOveral4650]

It might be worth pointing out this is a continuation of seemingly popular and successly policy approach. Hidalgo was reelected on a platform largely based on further purging polluting personal cars, and Paris has apparently already seen a 56% drop in daily vehicle trips since 2002, with massive 100%+ YoY increases in cycling in the last couple years.

[@towaritch]

Yes but a 200% increase in crack addicts!

[@LOLERXP]

@@towaritch Any sources for that stat? For 2019, the highest number for crack users in Paris I found is 8 500. Lowest 5 000. Let's take the 8 500 and assume you didn't pull those 200% out of your ass, that would be 25 500 now. In a city of 11.1 million. Or... 0.2%. The traffic stats on the other hand concern almost everyone.

[@towaritch]

@@LOLERXP yes about 25 000 for 2 million inhabitants ( middle class families are leaving 6 000 less pupils in school this semester) that proportion albeit maybe low in US terms is a novelty here.

[@bobnameisboss1910]

This is preposterous. Do you live in Paris? Go live there before having your views. Living there you will realise that what she has done is waste the government’s money and that which we pay in taxes, created massive traffic throughout the whole of Paris and not even improved congestion. Bicycles are a failure as its cold half the year and they get stolen. Not everyone has the space. They are also really unhelpful to get to places far away and the tube system and bus system is terrible. As I said, go live there before making your judgement on statistics. Statistics do not show the full truth, only what we want to see. Edit: She also got elected by trickery as she joined some arrondissement together to get her votes through on certain arrondissement that she knew were against here (i.e. the centre where she is making all these terrible changes.) People are not affected as much when they leave on the outskirts of Paris which means that they do not see the full picture

[@AMPProf]

I like the cities that start with the small local streets.. It's nice to find hidden park ways

[@jsk-rn2pq]

That would be perfect ! There is no such thing as too many trees. Bravo Paris ! Looking forward to this :)

[@Drake-ef1mg]

Paris feels like the hub of all humanity on earth

[@dominikjakaj1999]

looks good, hope they achieve it

[@vautrelechat4568]

The garden into which you said the Champs Elysees are gonna be turned into have existed for ages at the bottom of the Avenue It's near the Petit and Grand Palais, all the space between the champs elysee's roundabout and the Place de la Concorde is made of parks

[@vautrelechat4568]

All the CGI that you showed from this area is almost exactly how it looks like now

[@ronylouis0]

i think it's also important to mention that they want to permanently pedestrianize the center of the city, along with the currently ongoing doubling of our metro lines' length!

[@AMPProf]

Yep ECOPUNK

[@winstonfj4174]

love it. Bring it on. excellent public transport and tons of walking areas are what cities need. this is ultimately what gives a city its life

[@stevepashley795]

I love this beautiful city and the new plans will make it even better. Well done to the planners. Unfortunately I can't get there as often as I would like. I live in Australia. Fantastic video, thank you

[@Steve_McMillen]

Meanwhile In London we've been trying to have similar options of pedestrianisation on busy streets like Oxford street, but the local councils instead built a £6 million fake hill. What an absolute waste.

[@rickb3078]

😂😂 just seeing it now. What were they smoking to think this could be successful? Oxford street in its current setup is hideous with or without an oversized molehill

[@FlushGorgon]

Thanks for the info. I had a look at the story, with a good mix of amazement and laughs.

[@tig3662]

London is greener than Paris.

[@liammarsh115]

Someones been practicing their French pronunciations

[@d_dave7200]

What a wonderful project. Really hope it goes ahead as planned.

[@MotoTvWoodsFarm]

great video really enjoyed it 👍

[@eveb.6568]

This is AWESOME!!!!! Love Paris!!!

[@camknowledgefortravel]

It looks so interesting and beautiful. I want to live there.

[@g.r.2985]

I’m truly astonished Berlin didn’t make your list of “green cities”, though. Let alone Hamburg or Munich with their parks and gardens, but anyway.

[@hape3862]

Was my first thought, too.

[@king_has_no_clothskul8635]

DO GERMANS CARE?

[@gpx23mgx88]

@@king_has_no_clothskul8635 in reality not

[@iliveinyourwalls5193]

Berlin is horrid

[@ooooneeee]

@@king_has_no_clothskul8635 Ja.

[@abraham2172]

Oslo is kind of a special case. The city borders include vast forests that many other cities wouldnt have considered as part of the city. Oslo is one of the largest cities in europe groundwise, although it has a rather small population compared to other major cities. Its a beautiful place, especially with its fjord that provides fantastic bathing opportunities.

[@bretagnejean2410]

Oslo 1 500 inhabittant per km² Paris 20 000

[@0sk011]

Best places are Le Jardin Eole and Porte de la Chapelle, don't forget to also go to Barbès 😩🔥

[@stevennicholls6648]

I love how tourists who don't have to comute in Paris everyday are giving their opinion as if it's relevant

[@alvinharberts6797]

Yeah lol. Oh wow yes please more investment to make life better for all those poor millionaires who have to live in such a terrible city. Meanwhile the massive drug and safety problem of the northern arrondissements goes widely ignored because that's not where the tourists go anyways.

[@Ben-dh1kt]

So true lol

[@Gu1d-0]

Exactly lmao. Everyday I go outside I see the same crazy hobbos and disgusting streets. Most of the place has become a complete shithole like most western cities recently.

[@thornil2231]

Bravo! LOL

[@thornil2231]

@@alvinharberts6797 Bravo!

[@Someone-wh8hi]

0:45 what does greenspace mean? Does a private garden count? Does a single tree on the curb count?

[@fatherfountain1906]

yes

[@elioshabbar8443]

I'm all in for more green spaces, however it's the rest that buggers me : how could designs such as those showcased in the 3D fit on the néo-classical and Haussmanian landscape that shape these areas ? They already did something similar in the Halles, while I was thinking they would've give it it's former friendly shape, they made it an even more soulless "modern" mall with ugly sculptures oddly similar to the one with the hand holding flowers in the video. Now don't get me wrong, I know art is subjective and that modernity can become classic later, but you have to take the urban context into account. This type of project is greatly welcomed in the already modern parts of the city, way less in the historical center. They should really focus on the horrible fast lanes circling around the city that we call Périphérique, that already started to do so with the new tramways t3a and t3b

[@ericdurville6306]

What do you think about Beaubourg Museum ?

[@thuroflan4594]

The hand holding flower is already here, and it's absolutely awful

[@elioshabbar8443]

@@ericdurville6306 A disaster for the popular classes that were still selling their products in the (historical) Halles. All of that just to place a huge building made out of pipes in the middle of the most medieval parts of the city, as well as a parking on the side. It's a well-known fact that Pompidou had no respect whatsoever for the Patrimoine, and was having wet dreams of cars, modernist buildings, supermarkets and concrete everywhere. He actually achieved part of that dream in Paris.

[@fabianofrank4785]

Since when asphalt is a "classic landscape"?

[@elioshabbar8443]

@@fabianofrank4785 neo-classical*, that's the main style of french architecture from Louis XIV to the XIXth century. No asphalt there

[@missmary-yvettesotoza8699]

Looks good with the greenery. Still wishing to visit Paris and other places in France one day ❤️🇫🇷

[@Food4thought1234]

Long overdue, especially for ALL major cities. They really do need to rid of all Traffic.

[@GregVidua]

Showing Barcelona at the end was an odd choice considering their 2030 greening plan predates that of Paris. New Glories Catalanes park has just been opened, school streets have been pacified, the city just got awarded New European Bauhaus award for one of green roof tops, works on major Sagrera park are underway, and so are those of pacifying one of future green corridors, street of Consell de Cent, which will include 4 small parks inside famous, chamfered crossroads of Eixample, for which designs have already been selected. Either way, great that two most visited cities are both working toward greener future.

[@nilstwestergaup3165]

Yup, Oslo 68% green is also misleading. maybe if you count the surrounding forest and hills, only accessible in the winter and where they actually lay tracks. In the summer it's very rough and overgrown, only the real vikings go there.

[@InXLsisDeo]

That list was nonsense.

[@Cragglerock93]

As ever, direct London-Paris comparisons are hard. Paris proper is basically equivalent to Inner London. London proper (i.e. Greater London) includes a lot of green suburbs with large parks (e.g. Richmond Park) that are too far out from the centre to be considered part of the city had they been in Paris. London may well be greener than Paris anyway, but a like-for-like comparison definitely wouldn't show London as being three times greener. I enjoyed the video, though!

[@darthgreen420]

Love the channel, and keep up the great work! Just wanted to mention that Berlin is a very green city and should definitely have been on that comparison list (IMHO) …maybe rethink which sources to use :)

[@_blank-_]

The comparison isn't fair anyway. Paris' boundaries are very small and focused on the very center of the megalopolis which is obviously very developed. Paris proper has around 2 million inhabitants while the Parisian urban area has 12. For comparison, the Land of Berlin is 8 times bigger than Paris intra-muros in size.

[@nilstwestergaup3165]

Very cool. Might wanna redesign the airport , fix the subway and clean up the center while you're at it! Make Paris Great Again!

[@apollo209]

We need an update!

[@noemierollindedebeaumont1130]

I am looking forward to this transformation, i am just hoping that the big companies in charge do what the people ACTUALLY need and what, not what they THINK they need and want... ! Especially regarding the infrastructures for pedestrians and bikes, nothing worse than having a very open design (like they showed in the 3d designs) where the boundaries are not clear and you spend the whole time unsure of where you're supposed to go and end up in the bike lane as a pedestrian or in the walking space as a biker... So physical boudaries, different surfaces and lots of colorfull signage please ! Just take exemple on countries/cities who already have this type of infrastructures. (My peace of mind and anxiety thank you!) Because think of the nightmare of trying to use a bike lane on a late friday afternoon going home from work if the bike lane is full of people (it will mostly be tourists considering how it will surely attract more tourist than there already are, so people who are not familiar with the local customs and how things work), it would be a horrible experience for both parties...

[@dapengu777]

ist sounds nice, but i realy wanted to know what they planed for new/more public transport because it is obviously needed for the locals

[@noefillon1749]

You should look for the Grand Paris Express (and if possible other planned or already done expansions of the underground from the inside to the suburbs and of the RER line E). I think there are videos in English. The thing is that most people that use cars inside Paris come from the suburbs that are not as well connected to the transportation network. There is something to do with that. Inside Paris, the network is already very dense and it's really easy to move around with the underground, the main issue there is that some lines are saturated at peak hours. And counterintuitively these suburbs lines of the GPE can help in releasing pressure on the lines in the center (especially the RER) as currently people who want to go from one place in the suburbs to another have to go by the center of Paris. The main goal of the GPE is to avoid this.

[@Alphamaan]

That's something I will never understand. Why they always say Paris lack of green places? They have the bois de boulogne and bois de Vincennes. Each of them are 5 to 6 times bigger than central park. Also they have plenty of little squares in the inner city and bigger city parks like jardin des plantes, luxembourg, palais royal, tuilleries, places des Vosges. To me Paris have more green places than most of the so called "greener cities". I used to live in Paris and live now in a so called "greener city".

[@InXLsisDeo]

The statistics shown in the vid are complete nonsense.

[@thegreencompany2101]

Fantastic initiative to make Paris more sustainable by adding greenery🙌🏼🌳

[@treverthetree]

Sounds beautiful

[@Valentin-oc5nh]

NOT A SINGLE PERSON that lives in ile de france (greater paris area) “relies” on his or her car!!!

[@Gondrux]

?

[@SFSDFR75]

I’m curious, are you counting the Bois de Boulogne and the Bois de Vincennes in that 9.3 % green space? Would love to know. And the City is covered in trees like few I’ve ever encountered. This is a sort of green space, no?

[@SFSDFR75]

Both are within city limits and counted in the square miles/kilometers of the City. These large parks (forests) where part of Haussmann's design for Paris are are very much a part of Paris city life. We refer to them as the lungs of Paris. London through Zone 3 is slightly larger than Paris (beyond Zone 3 you are basically in suburbia or even "rural" London). That being said, many of London's large green spaces are beyond the central Zones so I just found the statement misleading. @@francoisfrancois9804

[@InXLsisDeo]

@@francoisfrancois9804 technically both belong to the city. That list was complete nonsense anyway. Berlin should be in the list as there are parks everywhere.

[@Designotherwise]

I’ve been living in the Paris for the past few years and my asthma has gotten significantly worse because of the air quality (according to the handful of drs i’ve seen) but as you say there have been so many little things that have been improving the overall life and air quality around the city! I was very happily surprised to hear that the champs élysées have plans to change! It’s truly terrible at the moment and i dread passing through it on my bike. Your video was awesome! Thank you!

[@thornil2231]

leave then...

[@Designotherwise]

@@thornil2231 lol yes bcz that’s how life works right?

[@demonmuffin]

At 0:17, stock clip was clearly played in reverse - you can see the cars on the road all "driving in reverse"

[@rickychacon12]

Thanks. You helped me with one of my sustainability essays on cities.

[@Yakez42]

Moscow is so "high" on the greenery list only because there is literal National Park inside Moscow borders.

[@unerlasslichtv3250]

Russians know how to trick western rankings 😜

[@viktory8263]

The percentage of 'green' land is not a very useful metric. It is much better to measure how long an average city dweller has to travel to get to a park.

[@faithingood3863]

Not only. All Soviet planned cities with their multi-story flats have lots of planted trees, basically like a forest cover from one building to the other. Most of Moscow is like that, most of the Soviet parts of the city might not look too pretty but it certainly has done well to create green spaces.

[@darkmatter5424]

It is actually the greenest city on earth (54%) if you look at other more accurate sources. But yeah, Russia can't be presented in a good light in the West. They need to be constantly vilified.

[@BlueRam15]

Would love to visit this city in 20 years time. :)

[@towaritch]

It will look like Chernobyl

[@zhihaozhao]

It will look like Saudi Arabia

[@Alpha-Andromeda]

It will be wrapped altogether by Christo and Jeanne Claude 🎁

[@Napouille]

@@zhihaozhao more like Africa...

[@makharena5553]

@@Napouille wdym? Only 10% of muslims in Paris

[@stuartpaul9211]

the only trouble with 'greenery' is councils then neglect the maintenance due to lack of funding. The trees then become a problem to street inferstructure and eventually have to be removed causing public anger on both sides. We experienced this in my hometown. residents suffering damage to their homes and gardens from council trees, and protestors angry at their removal. Just because the council spent decades neglecting maintenance.

[@darioadrianz]

You never miss Fred

[@catherinev5123]

the image of Barcelona at the end.... ohhhhhhh beautiful

[@tunnfisch7548]

I can not help but notice, there is still a lot of space dedicated to cars in these animations. Why for example would you want a bunch of cars driving around one of your most famos landmaks in the city?? Doesn't really feel inviting if you ask me.

[@SFledz]

Deliveries, taxis, emergency vehicles, etc. How would you replace those if they don't have roads to go down?

[@tunnfisch7548]

@@SFledz I wouldn't but you don't need that much space for them. If you have no private traffic a standard two lane road would be enought in most places to handle traffic. This might be utopic but we could try to get as close as possible to that.

[@szurketaltos2693]

@@SFledz a lot of deliveries and taxi trips can be replaced by bikes. Certainly not all, but more than you might think. All these measures will also reduce traffic in the long run and therefore make streets faster for emergency vehicles.

[@stijnhs]

Sightseeing busses... Paris is full of them cuz it's one of the most visited cities in the world (I couldn't possibly understand why...)

[@trezapoioiuy]

As long as they are limited to the strict necessary, and take one lane instead of 5 it's still a big improvement. And it's necessary to at least have that kind of space unless the plan is for hospitals to buy a fleet of helos. Not all kinds of businesses can be kept up by bicycle deliveries. Plus public transportation still has to be a thing. So it's not about banning all vehicles, but reducing them to the minimum.

[@JohnnyWednesday]

I'm deeply confused - The B1M is the most amazing construction channel on youtube - and this is the most amazing construction channel on youtube? - that's scientifically impossible! I think we're getting youtube channels leaking in from an alternate reality.

[@maa1649]

Proud of my city. Oslo having always put green recreation areas, parks, trees 🌲, green public gardens and now also buildings are starting to be built with green rooftops. It really does feel like your closer to nature and at least for me, having green space around me, is both therapeutic, good for mental health and I become more relaxed and happy 😃 it’s also a great place to meet friends.

[@gasparole]

How many months of green trees a year?

[@jaik9321]

Greener Cities are the way to go ; this needs to be followed / mandated across all cities in the world.

[@Michiel_de_Jong]

Great!... I was in Paris in the summer of 2019.. cycling through the city... and already imagining it with 10% of the cars within the Boulevard de Peripherique, and more trees, bike lanes, and even more walking space.... Imagine Paris on 60dBA in stead of 80..!

[@gigiatlas2364]

As a Parisian-born I've never felt it lacked greenery, but this is giving me serious vibes! Can't wait to enjoy this added Nature to my already beloved ex-home town 💚😃

[@justg4272]

For someone that has been living in Paris for only 4 years, I can tell you that it does lack greenery and pedestrian areas, walking on most streets is almost unlivable with all the fucking traffic and noise around. I can’t wait to move out again

[@fireoil]

2:42 i'm just close to that red 3 arrondissement an im weekd end motorcyclist. It's being harder and harder to just ride and i'm lucky to not be in that closed area it would make me nuts to justify me or even being forbiden everytime i want to go home. I'm prepare to leave the city to search the green in countryside, not force green into peoples spaces

[@simsportif]

J'espère que tu n'a pas voté Hidalgo sinon je dirai que "On à ce que l'on mérite.". Sérieusement, les commentaires sous cette vidéo son détaché de la réalité à un point absurde. Je n'ai pas mon permit et je n'ai jamais conduit de voiture mais cela ne m'enpèche pas de voir à quel point ces porjets sont absurde. Que la municipalité s'occupe correctment des éspaces vert actuels avant d'en planter de nouveaux.

[@fireoil]

@@simsportif j'ai voté et pas pour hidalgo et je suis d'accord du coup !

[@LOLERXP]

"Force green into people's spaces" lmao how far has humanity fallen. You take your motorcycle and move to Detroit my friend.

[@kyleroberts2426]

I went to Paris before the pandemic and took only 1 Uber from the center to the sacré cour you really don’t need a car even now. I walked 16 km a day.

[@ErickHumboldt]

Some people may be not as young as you ! Try to think about the others

[@GTAVictor9128]

@@ErickHumboldt Which is why you have public transport.

[@rickb3078]

Or a bike

[@AmsaAce]

"Green Renaissance" - fantastic phrase, will start using it now.

[@towaritch]

Bullshit.Crack and rats renaissance actually.Did you even visit Paris recently? A shit hole!

[@aldarwish92]

Beautiful city

[@azer8663]

As someone who has previously lived in Paris, I think you would gather way more support from the locals if you were making other forms of public transport such as metros and buses cleaner and safer (Such as adding cameras and security teams, and not letting people sleep or urinate in the stations). No middle or high class individual would agree to stop using his comfortable car if the only alternative is a dirty and dangerous mode of transport.

[@anonanon334]

Totally agree with cleaner and safer! Also, while I was in Paris the homeless problem kept getting worse so impossible to take public transport without being solicited for money on a daily basis. At Gare du Nord it's particularly depressing having to walk past a guy with no arms and legs everyday, probably a victim of gang violence being forced to beg. Public transport is a grim affair in Paris.

[@gogogo1794]

But who uses a car in Paris? The majority of the middle class also use public transport.

[@rickb3078]

What about an e-bike if a safe route is available. Most trips can be done in 20-30 minutes. Cycling in a busy city Is not slower than cars unless you exceed 25 km. Traffic jams can be horrendously time consuming. E-bikes zoom past at 25kmh.

[@dvorak2676]

@@gogogo1794 exactly haha. original commenter doesn't live in paris or is a real boomer

[@ltgdr6298]

theres tons of cam its and you cant put a policeman in each wagon to make it more safe. We could use IA like china but it wouldnt be accepted. And one last thing, here thieves and thugs have nothing to fear from the justice system because they are consired as victim of the system...................................................

[@LamZL1]

5:30 Make sure you are subscribed to.... Me: the B1M? Tomorrow's Build: 😐

[@darnathlysander7581]

This project looks good and all but the problem is that Paris is already too expensive for a lot of people and they prefer to go in cities nearby where the cost of living is a little cheaper where they need their car to get around, theses changes would only transform paris into a unafordable museum, not even talking about the fact that the mayor is ineffective, streetd are never fully cleaned cleaned so much so that rats are starting to come back in Paris

[@Brindlebrother]

4:40 "especially for local people who rely on their cars to get around." It's Paris. You don't need a car to get around.

[@maxbarr3954]

4:44 "poeple who rely on theyr car to get around" Its sad that there is that type of people in one of the best city in therm of public transport but well,guess the rich don't want to be mixed with the other,they prefers their cars.... That just disgusting

[@BradThePitts]

I fear that you'll get only about a third of it done at twice the estimated original cost.

[@HL-xi7sz]

You're being very optimistic.

[@JinMeowsoon]

Once they finish the RER E Éole extension (1,7 billion over budget yet) we’ll talk about that colossal green project.

[@lours6993]

The negative comparison between London and Paris for green spaces is very misleading, as "London" as defined includes a very large metropolitan area, whereas technically, "Paris" still only includes the centuries old city boundaries, even though 80% of the population live outside that zone. On a comparable 'metropolitan area' basis, I think you will find Paris and London are already comparable for green space.

[@TY-sx3jb]

Where are you getting your stat about comparable Paris and London metropolitan green spaces? ‘The capital’s true green lungs, Hyde Park is the largest green space in central London and one of the capital’s nine royal parks. Covering an area of ​​140 hectares’. ‘By comparison, Park de la Villett, the largest park in Paris, has a total area of ​​only 55 hectares’

[@lours6993]

@@TY-sx3jb Add Bois de Boulogne - 845 ha, and Bois de Vincennes- 995 ha both in the inner Paris metropolitan area. Parc de Villette is only the largest in Paris ‘intra-muros’ (central Paris).

[@TY-sx3jb]

@@lours6993 Both are on the edges of Paris? 😂

[@TY-sx3jb]

@@lours6993 Forgot to mention Hyde Park is in Central London so why are you adding it two other parks from outside inner Paris?

[@lours6993]

@@TY-sx3jb Sorry for your lack of knowledge. Look at a map. Only 20% of Paris metro area is inside ‘central’ Paris.

[@bananawarlock3981]

Great video. I actually work for the City of Paris, in the Environment section and indeed a lot of work is being done to make Paris a greener city.

[@goodtimeswithchelsea7052]

London is actually 50% made up of greenery meaning Parks, green spaces, gardens and private gardens. Truly beautiful ❤️

[@adambako6939]

This is great! LOVE It!

[@tonyhawk94]

As a French i must say this new plan for the Champs-Elysée and Concorde really please me, not only because it will be greener, but also because the architectural landscape and landmarks are respected and even better highlighted, can't wait to see it finished !

[@AbdulKarim-ks2uf]

Meanwhile my country: time to make our city into cyberpunk type of City.

[@3dheadcreeps87]

What I would give to have LA city leaders propose something even half this ambitious before our Olympics.

[@MuddinNYC]

LA has no public transportation. The existing network is so small that this wouldn't work. Cars are sadly required to live in LA. The only US city that can do this is NYC thanks to it's to robust tho unreliable MTA.

[@3dheadcreeps87]

@@MuddinNYC - they could start by planting various trees along our rail network, most of which isn’t underground anyway. I mean if they did that we would literally have paths from downtown to the beach, for example, or downtown to the foothills.

[@MuddinNYC]

@@3dheadcreeps87 Trees along a railway are safety hazards. It's why trees are removed at least 50 ft away when tracks are built. Unfortunately that just won't work. It also won't solve the lack of public transportation issue.

[@sabyasachipatnaik8074]

No really it's amazing city ever seen in my life where I felt that paradise exist in our mortal world more I love their atmosphere and citizens who made for each other as I tourist I must tell you that my it's my second crush after my motherland

[@algoriticus]

Great vid. I live in the states, this is very encouraging.

[@Girtharmstrong69]

I just wish we built buildings like they did in the 1600s here in Canada, idc about getting rid of cars but architecture is the king