In Bordeaux, car traffic will be limited to 30 km / h from 2022

The city of Bordeaux will limit the speed of car traffic to 30 km / h in almost all of its streets from January 2022, announced Pierre Hurmic, the environmental mayor of the city.

This limitation will apply to nearly nine out of ten streets throughout the city, with the notable exception of the urban boulevards and the Garonne quays surrounding the Gironde capital on its two banks, which will remain at 50 km / h, detailed the chosen.

According to him, this decision will "appease the neighborhoods", "reduce the number of cars in circulation" in this regularly congested city, and "lower pollution".

And to assert that fine particle pollution, partly emitted by automobile traffic, causes the death of 600 people each year in the Bordeaux metropolis.

"30% of trips of less than 2 km are still made by car"

"Driving slowly does not waste time, and" I want to remind you that the average speed for a car in town is 14 km / h in Bordeaux, "he added.

The mayor of Bordeaux also plans by the end of his term in 2026, to triple the corridors dedicated to buses and bicycles (from 10 to 35 km) and to increase the hundred kilometers by nearly a third. of existing cycle paths in the city.

Currently, according to Pierre Hurmic, “30% of trips of less than 2 km are still made by car”.

Regarding the hyper-center, the Bordeaux municipal team wants to increase the pedestrian zone from 40 to 65 hectares by 2023, to make it "one of the largest pedestrian areas in France.

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The list of cities that have introduced the 30km / h limit in the city continues to grow.

Since the end of August, traffic has been limited to 30 km / h in almost all of Paris, other mayors, such as those of Limoges, Clermont-Ferrand or Lyon, have also announced such a measure in September, the quasi-generalization of this measure in their city.