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THIS JUST IN:
Yesterday, the people of #Paris voted "Oui" or "Non" to pedestrianizing and greening a further 500 streets in the city, and eliminating 10,000 parking spots.
The result: 66 percent, or two-thirds, voted "Oui"!
@straphanger@urbanists.socialWho voted "NON"?
The usual suspects: the wealthy, car-owning residents of the western arrondissements (in red and orange).
And they lost.
@straphanger
participation rate of 4% ?
@dugartogo @straphanger Society is shaped by the people who show up.
@wordshaper @straphanger
Yeah, I know. Still, single-digit results give me a bad gut feeling
@dugartogo @straphanger You can look at it that way, and in some circumstances results with this low a turnout can be extremely suspect. In this case, though, there wasn't voter suppression, people knew the vote was happening, and the vote happened at a time people could absolutely vote at if they chose.
Basically 96% of the folks voted "eh, whatever the result is I'm fine with it". It would've been nice if they *explicitly* said that, of course, but that's still pretty clearly their opinion.
@dugartogo @straphanger Also the vote was to get things going to do the change. Over the next three years there will be committees that choose the actual bits of road to close, and when that happens.
The liberation.fr link is paywalled but this link from humanitie.fr isn't. (Or maybe I have a subscription, can't remember. Don't think so, though) It has some more details.
https://www.humanite.fr/politique/mairie-de-paris/a-paris-65-de-oui-pour-vegetaliser-500-rues
@wordshaper @dugartogo @straphanger probably not enough parking spots around the polling places ;-)
@dugartogo @straphanger Yes, only 4% cared to vote.
@straphanger in my opinion the communication about this voting was not optimal. The actual topic of the referendum was announced quite late. The coverage in the media was inexistant or superficial. Still the result shows quite well the attitude of an average parisian : the topic of calming down traffic and greening is rather consensual