If you weren’t already convinced that thermal machines will become personas non grata in Europe, France and the Paris region, be convinced now!
Indeed, as Augustin de Romanet, director of Groupe ADP (formerly Aéroports de Paris), reported in the columns of our colleagues at La Tribune, thermal cars will soon no longer have access, with a few exceptions, to Paris Orly Airport.
Metro extension as the main alternative
The group’s goal is to achieve net zero CO emissions2 by 2030 for Orly airport, and after five years for Charles de Gaulle airport. Obviously, alternative solutions will exist, starting with the extension of metro line 14 to Orly Airport. This southward extension, which directly connects the airport to zones 91 and 94, will serve ten cities located in Paris, Val-de-Marne and Essonne, handling between 250,000 and 300,000 passengers daily.
This direct connection between the airport and the center of Paris will be a major turning point in how travelers get to Orly. Today it is difficult to say the least as from Paris you have to take a bus or RER B to Antony and then take the (very expensive) Orlyval shuttle bus to the airport. This initiative is also aimed at reducing congestion on the roads leading to the airport, given that 80% of passengers currently use road transport. The director of Groupe ADP emphasizes that access to Paris-Orly alone accounts for 40% of CO emissions2 on earth.
Will locomotives remain until then?
At the end of the large-scale developments planned for ten years, ADP boss announces de facto ban on internal combustion engine vehicles at Orly airport. The measure, which will exclude virtually all thermal vehicles, with a few exceptions such as the disabled and emergency services, shows a strong desire to make airport transport more sustainable.
Thermal taxis and VTCs will be exempted, thus continuing to drop their customers at the foot of the terminals. Therefore, we assume that only electric vehicles will have access to the airport parking lots for individuals, as well as the drop-off areas.
It remains to be seen when this ban will go into effect, because by then, thanks to the measures taken by Paris and the greater Paris metropolitan area with the ZFE, there should not be many heat cars left in circulation.
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Source: Auto Plus
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