Paris Joins London in Visionary Approach to Transportation
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Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoë has unveiled his plans to cut traffic in the capital by 40%. The plans, which also aim to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases by 60%, has met serious opposition with both drivers and right-wing parties.
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The aim is that by 2020, emissions of greenhouse gases will be reduced by 60%. The project should be adopted definitively in 2008 after a public inquiry and a further vote by local mayors. Lauded by Denis Baupin, the plan includes the extension of the recently terminated tramway all the way to the Porte d'Asnières in the north-west of the city by 2013. The addition of "civilised thoroughfares" will give priority to buses and bicycles, while the troubled line 13 will see further trains and a new signal system. A sixth RER (express suburban metro) line has also been proposed (originally by the UDF party) which will link Saint Lazare and Montparnasse stations in the north-west and the south-west of the city respectively.
Transport will be free for those living under the poverty threshold, while the banks of the Seine will become fully pedestrianised. Indeed, a number of areas may become pedestrianised throughout the city, while speed limits will be reduced in areas such as Beaubourg.
The boulevard périphérique, the motorway the circles the city, will be forced to include a lane that allows the quick passage of buses, taxes and emergency vehicles.
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