This is a question that has been debated for some time, but has been particularly debated over the past few weeks. Of course, this is the carpooling lane that Paris City Hall wants to create on the ring road. Obviously, it will not be about widening the Paris Boulevard to add a lane, but about reserving an already existing one for this practice. Obviously, this will greatly affect traffic, which is already chaotic on this axis. And it is not for nothing that more than 1.2 million cars use it every day.
Thanks to the Games, we will transform our city in depth, like a ring road that will become a green belt:
➙ Planting of 45,000 trees by 2024
➙ Creation of an Olympic lane that will be reserved after 2024 for car, bus and taxi sharing.pic.twitter.com/7UsSnM4ekr— Anne Hidalgo (@Anne_Hidalgo) December 6, 2022
Point of contention
Anne Hidalgo is very attached to this project, which, however, is not liked at all by users who are mostly against it. But this should not prevent the city councilor from implementing his plan. Especially since now she has a strong ally by her side. This is really the government that existed until that time a bit cautious on this subject. Even if he never actually showed any opposition to this controversial project. But now he is asserting himself a little more today, through the mediation of the minister responsible for transport. The latter is really tuned rather for this event.
Strong positioning
When asked by Le Parisien, Clément Beaune did confirm that “ I think that’s the point of the story. It is part of a public transport policy that encourages the use of public transport and car sharing […] After the OlympicsI want there to be new sections reserved for these purposes“. However, according to the results of the last consultation organized by the Paris City Hall, 85% of Ile-de-France residents opposed this measure, which should not change anything in the municipality’s plans anyway.
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