Are publicly-owned cars somehow not emitting anything? Or, how else will people get around?

I live in a European city, where I rarely use my car to get around. Banning cars won't do anything, because I don't use my car because I can, I use it because I have to.

If you want to get rid of cars, design cities that can be lived in without having to use cars.

People wouldn't use publicly-owned cars, they would used publicly-owned buses, trams, subways, and other forms of mass transit, plus (as the article points out), making it easier to walk or bike.

I believe the goal of limiting car use in Paris is as part of re-designing the city so it can be lived in without having to use cars, yes.

> With modern emissions standards, more than 50% of the harmful pollution comes from tires/brakes/road surface wear/resuspended dust:

Sure, but what about compared to eg. 15 year old diesels with removed DPF filters? Those were the cars that were removed from paris (with the "eco stickers" and other regulation), and that brought the pollution down.

New cars exhaust very little particulate matter, so percantages don't say a lot.

I mean.. almost 100% of the polution of bicyles comes from tires/brakes/road surface/resuspended dust, but the total amount is very low.