Deconfinement: when the steering wheel becomes a victim of the bicycle

Ever more dislodged from city centers, does the car see the end of its reign? With the return in force of the bicycle and the new cycle paths which encroach on its territory, it could have all the trouble of the world to make its way in the agglomerations at the time of deconfinement. And if it causes monster plugs, it will dig a little deeper into its grave. Particulate matter pollution, for which it is largely responsible, and which is suspected of increasing the spread of the virus, will make it the accomplice of the pandemic. More than ever, its detractors will shout “haro on the car”.

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However, for Pierre Chasseray, the general delegate of the association 40 Millions of motorists, it is to make a bad lawsuit to the automobile. "If we fear as much as that fine particles, we should close the metros and RER where we find the highest rates of this type of pollution, " he asserts, estimating that the car will be, all like cycling, an alternative to

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