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"TOUR DE FRANCE CYCLE CITY" LABEL: ALL EYES ON THE TOWNS! Key points: Tour de France Cycle City " label triggered a wave of interest from first-rate applicants. All 80 towns and cities in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and even Ireland that submitted applications met the assessment criteria and were granted labels of the ranks corresponding to the applications. Any local authority that has hosted the Tour de France at some point since its inaugural edition in 1903 is eligible for the label, which is also intended to double as a road map for towns and cities wishing to implement publ...

France bans domestic flights that could be ‘covered by train’ The country hopes it will help lower emissions Cities Today is the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. Cities Today is the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation...

Would you give up your battered old car for an e-bike? France is one of several European countries that is forging ahead with aggressive strategies to reduce the prevalence of gas-guzzling, polluting vehicles on its roads. As far back as 2017, the country announced a future ban on the sale of all gas and diesel cars. Last year, this was followed by a shocking proposal to charge up to 50,000 euros for a gas guzzler tax for certain sports cars. And now, the country's National Assembly wants to offer owners of older, environmentally unfriendly vehicles 2,500 euros (nearly $3,000) to give up thos...

France offers e-bikes for clunkers France offers e-bikes for clunkers April 15, 2021 Heavily polluting old cars out, e-bikes in under new French proposal The French government is pushing to swap old clunker cars off the road and swap them for electrically-assisted bicycles, or e-bikes. The move passed the National Assembly this week, and would give owners a €2500 ($A3870) grant for an electric bicycle in return for scrapping their high-emissions older cars. The move would serve to clean up both French air quality and free up French roads of traffic as well. With Paris already insisting it w...

France Is Giving Citizens $3,000 To Get Rid Of Their Cars Advertisement The more industry improves the worse the impact on the climate gets. Carbon emissions around the world have skyrocketed ever since the crypto mining craze began. In such situations, more and more countries are coming up with ways to reduce pollution and adopt healthier and cleaner energy. France’s latest attempt at this is to offer people money to trade in their old cars in exchange for a more renewable option. France is currently offering its residents €2,500 or $2,975 to trade in their fuel-based cars for an electr...