Driving around Paris is really not easy. Between traffic jams, pedestrian development or even the proliferation of bike lanes, which are sometimes very poorly integrated. Not to mention rudeness, both on the part of other motorists and on the part of cyclists and pedestrians. In short, a beautiful mess that gets worse every day. But the municipality wants to take the bull by the horns and take measures to punish drivers who don’t follow the rules. For this, in particular, it is planned to create ” Street code” to better protect the most vulnerable users. But it has not yet seen the light of day, and the vote will take place next July.

📰 Heavy and bulky SUVs contradict the city’s adaptation to climate change. They are not normal in a city like Paris.
I will return to this in this article. @lemondefragainst SUVs in the city, the protest is growing⤵️https://t.co/nmnbPcja1M pic.twitter.com/xQ3oS1I4Cc

— David Belliard (@David_Belliard) February 26, 2023

Target operations

In the meantime, the City Hall of Paris, together with the municipal police, organizes targeted verbalization operations. The goal? Don’t let any small offense pass by, and especially put an end to it” a complex coexistence between pedestrians, cyclists, scooters, taxis, delivery vehicles and buses “. The idea, obviously, is not to make circulation easier for everyone, but simply to motorist ticket which endangers cyclists. During the last operation, the movement of the reserved lanes was carefully monitored.

Another one on June 14

The next day will be on June 14, and this time it will be on a different topic. Indeed, municipal police officers will be responsible for ensuring that “Traffic on the sidewalks is not obstructed wild storage, terrace or garbage cans“. Hoping for them that the new scavengers’ strike will not interfere with their plans. The rest of the time, several dozen people monitor the camera image to verbalize the offenders.