From 2024, a lane on the Paris ring road will be reserved for carpooling, buses and taxis. A consultation has just been launched.
This is not new. For years, Anne Hidalgo has been repeating to anyone who wants to listen to her desire to transform the ring road, by removing lanes to the point of making it completely pedestrian, in the long term. But before getting there, the councilor wants to go there gradually, and first plans to set up a reserved lane for carpooling. An idea that should come to life in 2024, on the occasion of the Paris Olympic Games. One lane will then be exclusively assigned to the movement of athletes, emergency services, media and law enforcement. And of course, there is no question of reopening it to motorists afterwards, or at least not to all.
Indeed, this lane will therefore be reserved for carpooling, but should also be able to be used by buses and taxis, as well as by other vehicles, the list of which has not yet been specified. Could it be that electric cars are also allowed to circulate there? Or bicycles? Everything remains possible at present. Anyway, this project should cost the trifle of at least six million euros according to the City of Paris, while cameras and other sensors will have to be installed in order to monitor the proper use of this newly affected track. There is no doubt that checks and fines will also be put in place against those who are not allowed to circulate there.
A great consultation
Obviously, this project is far from appealing to everyone, while around 1.1 million people use the Parisian ring road every day, 40% of which to travel from suburb to suburb. The removal of a lane then risks creating even more congestion, the boulevard being already saturated almost permanently. While the bill has already been adopted by the Paris Council, this does not prevent the opposition from trying to act against its implementation. The president of the Île-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse, is fiercely opposed to it, affirming that ” the ring road belongs to Ile-de-France residents, 80% of those who use it are suburbanites. We cannot pedestrianize the center of Paris and remove a lane on the ring road at the same time ».
A major consultation has therefore just been launched, in order to seek the opinion of Ile-de-France residents. You have until November 30th to participate online and give your opinion on this measure.
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From 2024, a lane on the Paris ring road will be reserved for carpooling, buses and taxis. A consultation has just been launched.
This is not new. For years, Anne Hidalgo has been repeating to anyone who wants to listen to her desire to transform the ring road, by removing lanes to the point of making it completely pedestrian, in the long term. But before getting there, the councilor wants to go there gradually, and first plans to set up a reserved lane for carpooling. An idea that should come to life in 2024, on the occasion of the Paris Olympic Games. One lane will then be exclusively assigned to the movement of athletes, emergency services, media and law enforcement. And of course, there is no question of reopening it to motorists afterwards, or at least not to all.
Indeed, this lane will therefore be reserved for carpooling, but should also be able to be used by buses and taxis, as well as by other vehicles, the list of which has not yet been specified. Could it be that electric cars are also allowed to circulate there? Or bicycles? Everything remains possible at present. Anyway, this project should cost the trifle of at least six million euros according to the City of Paris, while cameras and other sensors will have to be installed in order to monitor the proper use of this newly affected track. There is no doubt that checks and fines will also be put in place against those who are not allowed to circulate there.
A great consultation
Obviously, this project is far from appealing to everyone, while around 1.1 million people use the Parisian ring road every day, 40% of which to travel from suburb to suburb. The removal of a lane then risks creating even more congestion, the boulevard being already saturated almost permanently. While the bill has already been adopted by the Paris Council, this does not prevent the opposition from trying to act against its implementation. The president of the Île-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse, is fiercely opposed to it, affirming that ” the ring road belongs to Ile-de-France residents, 80% of those who use it are suburbanites. We cannot pedestrianize the center of Paris and remove a lane on the ring road at the same time ».
A major consultation has therefore just been launched, in order to seek the opinion of Ile-de-France residents. You have until November 30th to participate online and give your opinion on this measure.
Also read on Auto-Moto.com:
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30 km / h in Paris: a hilarious parody that denounces
Lionel Messi: “In Paris, the traffic is hellish”
