For several years, the ring road has been a real point of contention for Paris City Hall. And it is not for nothing that the latter, which is visited by over a million motorists every day, has been at the center of discussions for some time. Because Paris Town Hall, which is adamantly opposed to any form of vehicular traffic, is seeking to overhaul this city thoroughfare to reduce the presence of cars on its lanes. And this despite the fact that this infrastructure was created to allow motorists to easily get around the capital.

50 km/h on the ring road: “This is an anti-social and illegitimate measure”, criticizes Agnes Panier-Runacher https://t.co/Wf2u9KQVUw

— CNEWS (@CNEWS) December 8, 2023

Lower limit

If the idea of ​​reducing the limit to 50 km/h was mentioned long ago, now it will soon become a reality. Indeed, Ann Hidalgo has just announced that the ring road will be officially limited to 50 km/h after the 2024 Olympics. A statement that is obviously divisive among motorists, but not only. Indeed, even the government is getting involved, and it doesn’t quite agree with the measure. This was recently confirmed by Minister of Transport Clément Bonethe will not “confirm” this decision.

Anti-social event

Recently it has been so Agnes Panier-Runache, Minister of Environmental Transition, who spoke on this topic, and she does not mince words. For her, this measure is “anti-social” and will only benefit Parisians. for her “We do not take measures when we are the mayor of Paris without taking into account all the users of the ring road, who fortunately are people who live in the suburbs, who do not have the same means as Parisians, who do not have the same public transport“. Moreover ” if it’s to create more traffic, it’s surreal generates more CO2 emissions“.

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