http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: ‘Changing a city is complicated’: Anne Hidalgo looks back on 12 years as mayor en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:07:02 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21910#post-383712 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:02:03 +0000 Arellcat 383712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(and <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&amp;page=20#post-383629" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20337&amp;page=20#post-383629</a> ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21910#post-383709 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:10:12 +0000 chdot 383709@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>“It was a tough battle. Very tough. But I strongly believed the roads had to be pedestrianised so that people could enjoy the riverbanks, and that once they were pedestrianised and people had that experience, they wouldn’t want to go back. And that’s what has happened,” Hidalgo says.</p> <p>“Today there are generations of children who have not known cars there. People say ‘Wow!’ when you tell them.”</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/28/changing-a-city-is-complicated-anne-hidalgo-looks-back-on-12-years-as-paris-mayor" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/28/changing-a-city-is-complicated-anne-hidalgo-looks-back-on-12-years-as-paris-mayor</a> </p>