Doubling the number of places in the "relay parking lots" for cars, 50 km of lanes reserved for additional bikes: the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, is taking new measures to limit the car in Paris, before the deconfinement of May 11 .
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Thirty new pedestrian streets
The mayor of Paris will "double the number of places in relay parking lots and in (the) parking lots at the gates of Paris", with "2,000 places in 30 parking lots" which "will be free for Navigo pass holders", indicates in an interview with the Parisian, Anne Hidalgo. Last week, the city councilor hammered his "opposition to Paris being invaded by cars, synonymous with pollution".
For the cycle paths, in addition to the rue de Rivoli, announced last week to AFP, "avenue du Général Leclerc, boulevard Saint-Michel, the Etoile tunnel and the Porte Maillot ... In total, 50 km of lanes, usually reserved for cars, will be devoted to bikes ", further details the city councilor. In a particularly dense city, where public space sometimes makes it difficult to respect physical distance, the mayor of Paris announces that "around thirty new streets will also be pedestrianized, especially around schools, to help avoid regrouping ".
Asked about the sustainability of certain measures taken in emergency, which echo the program presented by the outgoing mayor during the municipal campaign, Anne Hidalgo, that "some" projects will be "maybe". But "it will be up to Parisians to say which ones. I know that the majority of them do not want a return of cars and pollution. If certain arrangements prove to be relevant, there is no reason that we then withdraw them, "suggests the outgoing mayor, candidate for his succession.
Paris Plage "in a light form"
Finally, the mayor of Paris hopes that "the parks and gardens (currently closed, note ), as well as the woods, can be places for walking and breathing". "I made a proposal for them to reopen, with a counting system," she adds, adding that "there is no question of allowing picnics or collective sports practice". "And, initially, the play areas would remain closed."
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As summer approaches with its share of traditional festivities, Anne Hidalgo assures that Paris Plage will be maintained, but "in a lighter form". On the other hand, she "does not think that the Fête de la Musique can take place this year in Paris". Many festivals have already been canceled this summer in France.