Amsterdam is following Paris in becoming one of a growing number of European cities to implement a 30-km/h speed limit on most of its streets in an effort to make the city safer and quieter. The speed limit, in effect from December 8, is necessary because of the increasing crowds in the city, said Melanie van der Horst, the city councillor responsible for traffic. The move follows similar crackdown on fast drivers in built-up areas of Paris, where a speed limit of 30 km/h was introduced across much of the city in 2021. Roads along the banks of the Seine have been closed to cars and made access…