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The month of September is here and with it, its share of novelties. These can concern the country as well as specific cities such as Marseille or Paris.
Let’s take stock of what is changing in terms of mobility from this Friday, September 1, in France:
The end of self-service electric scooters in Paris
You can’t have missed it in recent months, let alone in recent days. The series of self-service electric scooters is taking a new turn in Paris. The latter are no longer authorized in the streets of the capital. Enough to change the face of the city, with many consequences. The three operators, Lime, Tier Mobility and Dott, acting in the past in Paris were forced to withdraw their machines.
Paris becomes the first European capital to take such a decision, having welcomed these scooters in 2018. This follows a vote in April, during which Parisians had rejected these vehicles by almost 90%. The fleets of these machines will notably be redeployed in other cities.
The ZFE of Marseille passes a new level
Head south and more specifically to the city of Marseille to talk about a hot topic, very hot even: that of the low emission zone (ZFE). The latter is now reinforced. From this Friday, September 1, vehicles classified Crit’Air 4 are prohibited.
This concerns diesel cars from before 2006 and gasoline cars from before 1997. Overnight, users using these cars no longer have the right to drive within the 20 km2 perimeter of the city’s ZFE. Remember that the latter is delimited by these boulevards:
- Avenue du Cap Pinède
- Avenue Alexandre Fleming
- Avenue du Prado 2
- Boulevard Capitaine Gèze
- Plombieres Boulevard
- Boulevard Francoise Duparc
- Sakakini Boulevard
- Boulevard Jean Moulin
- Boulevard Rabatau
While discontent has been mounting in recent months, Marseille is one of five ZFEs remaining active in France. It remains to be seen the reaction of users who will be considered, from one moment to another, driving vehicles that are too old, and therefore deemed too polluting, to circulate in the ZFE. And who will be punished with a fine ranging from €68 to €135 for this…
Cheaper public transport for civil servants
On the public transport side, these will now cost less to civil servants. The cost of the subscription of the latter will indeed be supported up to 75% by their employer, against 50% until now.
It also works for civil servants or contract workers who subscribe to a bicycle rental service. The assumption of the cost by the employer thus also increases to 75%. Enough to allow, for example, Ile-de-France residents to save around twenty euros per month on the price of the Navigo pass.
The drop-off at the request of Parisian buses makes its appearance
Finally, note a novelty that can reassure, we hope, some people who are sometimes worried about coming home late, or simply be appreciated for its practicality: the descent of buses on demand. Thus, the latter is generalized from September 1 by the RATP, after 10 p.m.
A measure already tested in the suburbs since 2018. The idea is to allow users to ask bus drivers to stop at a specific place. Valérie Pécresse, president of Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) recently mentioned this measure to Le Parisien:
“From September 1, buses operated by the RATP will gradually practice descent on demand after 10 p.m. throughout Paris.” “[Il s’agit] good news for safety, especially for women.”
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To sum up
Self-service electric scooters in Paris, ZFE in Marseille, public transport prices for civil servants or even descent at the request of buses in Paris: all these subjects are set to change on September 1. Let’s take a look at these new features.
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