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Scooters limited to 10 km / h throughout Paris before Christmas

2021-11-25T14:24:48.752Z


The main operators had announced a few days ago, the establishment of 700 speed limit zones in the city. A measure that did not convince the Town Hall.


A clean and practical means of locomotion for some, a “

hyperdangerous

nightmare

for others, self-service scooters will be limited to 10 km / h in Paris “

from the first half of December

”, except on certain major roads, a said the town hall on Thursday. In all "

adjacent streets

", scooters will be automatically restricted to 10 km / h, while major axes, especially those with secure cycle paths, will retain their limitation to 20 km / h, AFP told AFP. ecologist David Belliard, first deputy mayor Anne Hidalgo (PS), in particular in charge of mobility.

In addition to the cycle paths, the “

structuring inter-district

lanes

will also be exempted from limitation, just like the streets where car traffic remains authorized at 50 km / h, and the bus lanes where bicycles are authorized, specifies the town hall.

This "

order

" was placed on Wednesday by the City to the three operators present in the capital, who announced a few days ago the establishment of 700 speed limit zones in Paris.

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For David Belliard, such zoning would not be satisfactory because it creates "

a Dalmatian Paris

", and would be difficult to understand for scooter users. By simplifying the rules, the town hall wishes to ensure "

better regulation of public space

", described by elected officials as "

tense

". Scooters have been responsible for 298 crashes since the start of the year, causing two deaths and 329 injuries. 375 accidents were recorded in 2020, including one fatal. At the end of June, after the death of a 32-year-old Italian woman, hit by an electric scooter on a pedestrian alley, the Paris town hall threatened the three authorized private operators not to renew their contract if they did not make progress on speed limitation and parking.

To date, David Belliard confirms the “

five-month

extension

of these contracts.

The "

promise of total freedom

" of users of self-service scooters "

is not tenable

", underlines David Belliard who affirms his desire to "

appease

" the sharing of public space as the end of the holiday season approaches. year, when the streets of the capital fill up.

Mixed opinions on this measure

The Parisians met Thursday by AFP are divided in the face of this new measure. "

This is still not enough

", laments a retiree, who believes that scooters are "

hyperdangerous

" for pedestrians, "

the streets are already filled, with bicycles and silent electric cars

". Marjorie, an employee of a luxury house, believes that this decision is "

good news for the safety of pedestrians

".

On the municipal opposition side, the LR mayor of the 15th arrondissement, Philippe Goujon, welcomes the implementation of this new limitation to AFP, which he claims to have proposed several weeks ago. "

I did not want to cut the 15th into sections

", explains the elected. He nevertheless wishes to go further, "

that the City work with the operators

", in particular the creation of a "

Street code, or pedestrian code

" and that the latter, particularly vulnerable, "

be protected

".

In this same desire to regulate self-service means of transport, the City Council has also announced that it will be calling for competition from operators of motorized two-wheelers, from December 13.

The idea is to "

anticipate

", before the situation becomes unmanageable, as it has been for scooters.

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Five operators are currently present in the capital, but the call for tenders will only retain two or three.

The winners will be announced in June, with a start of the contract in September.

The selection criteria will be diverse, and linked "

to the types of equipment, to the respect of their environmental criteria

", to the quality of the services, their capacity to be deployed "

and to ensure the service

", summarizes Mr. Belliard, while specifying the municipality's wish to work with companies following a “

social improvement

” approach

to the working environment of its employees.

This model has already been followed in 2020, to reduce the number of scooter operators to three in the capital.

Source: lefigaro

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