The more time passes, the more unanimity breaks down around turning the ring road of Paris into a city boulevard. Discussions at the Paris Council on Tuesday focused on this project. They highlighted the end of membership, all trends taken together, achieved in 2019, so that this 35 kilometer ring road is no longer a “highway”.
However, within three years, stated ambitions to reduce air pollution and noise have faded considerably. Indeed, there is no longer any question, as was presented in 2019, of lowering the speed to 50 km/h instead of the current 70 km/h, even installing traffic lights for pedestrians to cross. Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo, in fact, limited the project to two changes. One lane will be removed from traffic and will be reserved for cars, buses and taxis from 2024. Also, the lanes, which are sometimes 3-4 in each direction…
Source: Le Figaro
