Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. PARIS (75) APRIL 2020. PARIS IN CONFINEMENT DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC. HERE, THE RUE DE RIVOLI SEEN FROM THE NORTH WEST. FROM SAINT-PAUL TO CONCORDE, WE WILL SOON SEE NO MORE CARS. THURSDAY APRIL 30, IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AFP RELAYED BY LE MONDE, THE MAYOR OF PARIS ANNE HIDALGO INDICATED THAT SHE WISHES TO CLOSE THIS 3 KM AXIS TO MOTORISTS. "RUE DE RIVOLI, I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE AN AXIS DEDICATED EXCLUSIVELY TO BICYCLES AND ANOTHER RESERVED ONLY FOR BUSES, TAXIS, EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND CRAFTSMEN'S VEHICLES, BUT NOT CARS", SHE EXPLAINS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM