Paris Mayor's latest bid to drive cars out of the French capital: Sale of diesel fuel BANNED at busy filling stations on city ring road

The Paris mayor's war on motorists has shifted up a gear this month with fresh steps introduced to force drivers to ditch their cars. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo's war on motorists has shifted up a gear this month As of October 1, TotalEnergies forecourts located at Porte d'Aubervilliers, Porte d'Orléans and Quai d'Issy-les-Moulineaux have all removed diesel availability The move could trigger further traffic jams and delays across other parts of the city Restricting availability of the fuel will disproportionately impact the working classes who are most likely to own diesel cars today because hybrids and EVs are too expensive for their budgets. Ms Hidalgo has overseen a number of measures designed to drive cars out of Paris, including banning all vehicles from Rue de Rivoli The restriction on availability of diesel fuel on the city ring road becomes the latest in a long list of measures introduced by the car-hating mayor to drive passenger vehicles out of the capital. The decree also affects the 22-mile motorway that surrounds the French capital Paris ring road gets 31mph speed limit This month has The decree also affects the 22-mile motorway that surrounds the French capital. A construction worker loads a 70km/h road sign into a truck after installing a 50km/h speed limit sign on Paris' ring road, the boulevard peripherique, at the Porte d'Ivry in Paris Construction workers install a 50km/h speed limit sign on Paris' ring road, the boulevard peripherique The speed limit on the route was last cut in 2014, when it was lowered from 80kmh to just 70kmh as part of an effort to reduce noise pollution for the 550,000 residents living near the urban motorway During the summer Olympic and Paralympic games, the mayor dedicated one of the four lanes in each direction of the busy ring road for exclusive use by athletes and staff The left-hand lane on both sides of the eight-lane motorway will now become car pooling lanes that can only be used by multi-occupant vehicles.