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Until it's in place, I don't want to believe it.
“At 30, Charles is an experienced biker, one of those who speak only in cubic centimeters and a fraction of his salary comes to the bedside of his“ bike ”every month. So this Tuesday, June 15, when the deputy to the City of Paris David Belliard formalized the end of free parking for two-wheelers in Paris, his blood only turned.
“I will no longer be able to use my motorcycle,
fears the one who lives in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis).
I am not a Parisian resident and I cannot afford to spend 30 euros to leave her in the street during my working day. ”
As promised by Anne Hidalgo during her campaign during the municipal elections, the parking of thermal two-wheelers will therefore become chargeable in Paris from January 1.
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Residents will have to pay 0.75 euros per day in addition to a flat rate of 22.50 euros per year. And visitors will have to pay 3 euros per hour in districts 1 to 11, and 2 euros for the rest of the capital.
"Anne Hidalgo finally succeeded in twisting our arm, there will soon be no more motorcyclists in Paris,"
Charles capitulated. Like him, Thibaud, an executive in real estate and inhabitant of Clichy (Hauts-de-Seine) does not take offense.
“For commuters, alternatives to scooters are not satisfactory,” he
says.
RER or trains are not on time and often crowded. As for cycling, it's good for Parisians but for us, the distances are too great! ”
Parisian thirty-something, Henry is more nuanced. If according to him, "
two-wheelers are not the main culprits of traffic problems ”
, and he recognizes that this reform could
“ relieve a little of the streets of the capital ”
.
Punitive ecology
“At an equal distance, a motorcycle will run for less time than a car and make traffic more fluid
,” assures Jean-Marc Belotti, coordinator for Paris and its inner circle of the French Federation of Angry Bikers (FFMC).
It is a good alternative to the personal car. We don't ask to be pampered, just to be left alone! ”
Whatever happens, Jean-Marc Belotti assures him: the response is being organized.
"We will obviously demonstrate and try to attack the texts legally,"
he said. And Thibaud to support:
"I have never participated in a demonstration in my life, but there, I will be there."
Unsurprisingly, the opposition did not wait long before firing red bullets on the reform. On
France Inter
Wednesday morning, Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region, castigated a measure which, according to her, is
"punitive ecology"
.
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In his entourage, it is maintained that "
under cover of ecological ideology, the real reason is to return money in the coffers of the City
". For his part, David Belliard recalls that two-wheelers
"are the source of a lot of nuisance, especially hearing".
He adds that this reform is also "
a question of fairness with motorists who already pay
". Finally, if he recognizes that parking brings in between 130 and 150 million euros per year for the City of Paris, David Belliard concludes that if the Town Hall wanted to make its own on parking,
"it would not have announced the removal half of the places by 2026 ”.
