Originally Posted by ironwood

There are a lot of other cities in France besides Paris with good public transportation, However, Many French people love their cars as much as most Americans, and for some the car is necessary. I've also seen a decline in the number of small neighborhood stores that cannot compete with the super and hypermarches located on the outskirts of towns; not convenient without a car. And although urban sprawl is nowhere as bad in France as it is here, it is happening and a lot of people live outside a city and its' transit network, and need a car.


There was a long thread on the P&R forum about the Gilets Jaunes. There was lot of discontent with the government before the fuel price increase, which was simply the"drop that overflowed the cup", or as we say "the straw that broke the camel's back".