Last week there was lots of
pollution in Paris. I remember walking to the park on Thursday and seeing what looked like a film of smoke or haze. It reminded me of the hot days of summer right when it is going to rain. But instead it was smog thanks to pollution.
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The Eiffel tower on a normal day versus the smog day. It looks so mysterious through the smog!
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Paris City Council and the RATP decided to offer
free transportation to encourage people to take the bus or the metro. But it didn't quite work out as planned. Actually there were more people who decided to drive then take public transportation (kind of ironic). So they decided on Monday March, 17, that only cars with a licence plate ending in an odd number could drive in Paris and certain surrounding areas from 5:30 am to midnight. They enlisted 700 policemen to pull people over who had an even number ending. The fine was supposed to be 22 euros but my brother-in-law got fined 100 euros because he didn't respect the rule. Tuesday March 18 was supposed to be for the even numbers but pollution dropped so no extensive measures were taken.
Let's hope that pollution stays at a minimum, because I have had a bad runny nose since right before it started and now that it has gone away. I think this past week taught France and other countries that we must respect the environment and clean our air.
Do you have any solutions on protection our air and preventing pollution ?
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