If the car is still a privileged mode of transport, it is becoming increasingly rare in certain large French cities.
While the private car is still essential for many motorists, whether in town or in the countryside, it is however increasingly criticized by the public authorities. Worse still, the latter are now doing everything to make it disappear, with great reinforcements of restrictions and prohibitions of all kinds. CAFE standard, Crit’Air sticker or even ecological penalty, in short, everything is done to dissuade the French from driving by car. But if it is still widely used, especially in places where alternatives are rare, city dwellers are no longer really fond of it. This is precisely what underlines a study conducted by Adetec, the results of which have just been revealed. And if this confirms what we already knew, it also teaches us a few things about the habits of the inhabitants of the cities studied.
Great disparities
Unsurprisingly, it is Paris which leads the municipalities where the car is less present, since it occupies only 12.8% of the journeys of Parisians. The latter in fact prefer walking (52.3%) as well as public transport (31%). On the other hand, and contrary to what we might think, the bicycle is still very much in the minority, since it only represents 3% of trips. In 2nd position then comes Lyon, where the car is used for 27.4% of trips. Here again, walking is preferred, followed by public transport and cycling. The ranking is then made up of Grenoble, Rennes and Strasbourg, the city in which cycling is the most successful. This indeed represents no less than 8.9% of trips in the Alsatian capital.
On the other hand, it is at Toulon that we use our car the most, while it currently represents 51.6% of trips. If the latter therefore still remains in the majority, the inhabitants are also keen on walking, thus abandoning public transport somewhat. Cycling is also not put aside, just like in Clermont-Ferrand, Marseille or Saint-Etienne. It is moreover the latter which displays the lowest rate of use of this mode of transport, only acclaimed by 0.3% of the inhabitants.
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If the car is still a privileged mode of transport, it is becoming increasingly rare in certain large French cities.
While the private car is still essential for many motorists, whether in town or in the countryside, it is however increasingly criticized by the public authorities. Worse still, the latter are now doing everything to make it disappear, with great reinforcements of restrictions and prohibitions of all kinds. CAFE standard, Crit’Air sticker or even ecological penalty, in short, everything is done to dissuade the French from driving by car. But if it is still widely used, especially in places where alternatives are rare, city dwellers are no longer really fond of it. This is precisely what underlines a study conducted by Adetec, the results of which have just been revealed. And if this confirms what we already knew, it also teaches us a few things about the habits of the inhabitants of the cities studied.
Great disparities
Unsurprisingly, it is Paris which leads the municipalities where the car is less present, since it occupies only 12.8% of the journeys of Parisians. The latter in fact prefer walking (52.3%) as well as public transport (31%). On the other hand, and contrary to what we might think, the bicycle is still very much in the minority, since it only represents 3% of trips. In 2nd position then comes Lyon, where the car is used for 27.4% of trips. Here again, walking is preferred, followed by public transport and cycling. The ranking is then made up of Grenoble, Rennes and Strasbourg, the city in which cycling is the most successful. This indeed represents no less than 8.9% of trips in the Alsatian capital.
On the other hand, it is at Toulon that we use our car the most, while it currently represents 51.6% of trips. If the latter therefore still remains in the majority, the inhabitants are also keen on walking, thus abandoning public transport somewhat. Cycling is also not put aside, just like in Clermont-Ferrand, Marseille or Saint-Etienne. It is moreover the latter which displays the lowest rate of use of this mode of transport, only acclaimed by 0.3% of the inhabitants.
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The ten most expensive cities in France to park
The craziest car parks in the world [Diaporama]
The ten beaches closest to Paris by car
