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Geneva takes steps towards car-free centre

Wednesday, 1 December 2021 at 06:04

The City of Geneva has approved a text of an initiative which will pedestrianize a large section of the city centre.

The idea is to ban cars from an area from Bel-Air to Rive. 

The move was rejected by the Liberal and Geneva Citizens Movement parties – but they were outvoted, led by the Greens.

Those opposed say there isn’t enough parking spaces to close off the centre – but others said Geneva is the last Swiss city not to have a pedestrianized centre. 

The next step is a feasibility study which will cost almost CHF 3m. 

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