On the strength of her re-election, Anne Hidalgo announces the continuation of her war against cars started in her first term.
Through the voice of his deputy environmentalist David Belliard, in charge of the Transformation of public space and Transport, the municipal team indeed announces, Tuesday, October 20, the removal of half of the surface parking spaces of the capital .
70,000 places eliminated
"
We can no longer use 50% of the capital for the automobile whereas it represents only 13% of trips
", begins in
Le Parisien
the former candidate EELV, who had made an agreement allowing the re-election of the socialist mayor .
"
Almost half of the 140,000 existing places [will be removed] by the end of the term [in 2026], which represents about 65 ha, or two and a half times the Buttes-Chaumont park
" or three times the park of Luxembourg, according to the elected.
A goal that is not new.
The measure was on the reelection program of Anne Hidalgo and, of course, in that of David Belliard.
“
Half of the parking spaces will be transformed in 5 years, in particular to enlarge the sidewalks,
” promised Anne Hidalgo and her new ally.
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"Public toilets", "gardens", "bicycle infrastructure" to replace asphalt
The objective is to "
debit
" Paris, and to reduce some of the nuisances associated with the automobile, argues David Belliard today.
“
60% of noise pollution is linked to traffic,
” he emphasizes in particular.
And to reassign the vacated spaces, the Paris town hall plans to call on another totem: that of participatory democracy.
A "
consultation
" will be launched this week on an internet platform, in order to "
ask Parisians what they would do with 10m² - it is the surface of a parking space - below their homes
".
The businesses, affected by the crisis, will also be able to express themselves.
A choice which will nevertheless be largely guided by the municipal team, which seems to have a very precise idea of what it wants to do: “
We will develop new bicycle infrastructure, gardens, street furniture, public toilets, fountains, café terraces. , enough to do sport,
”says David Belliard straight away.
"
We will [respect] our imperatives of dehumidifying, revegetation and respect for cycle and pedestrian continuity
", he continues.
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However, no place reserved for disabled people should disappear.
Finally, all the underground car parks, which have five times as many spaces (611,000 spaces) should greatly benefit from the windfall created by the Paris town hall.
Without empathy for passing Parisian and Ile-de-France motorists: according to
Le Parisien
, underground parking prices, set in agreement with the City, should remain unchanged.
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