The metropolis of Bordeaux "not anti-car" but "anti-traffic jam"

The Bordeaux ring road -

• Clément Rossignol-Puech does not bury the tram, but warns that “we will not be able to continue to extend this network to infinity”.

• The mayor of Bègles also does not exclude proposing a new study on the metro.

• Its priority remains to reduce road traffic, for this it relies heavily on bicycle highways.

Mayor of Bègles, Clément Rossignol-Puech (EELV) was propelled in favor of the election of a new left majority in the metropolis, vice-president in charge of mobility.

Highly strategic function, given the challenges for the next ten years in the agglomeration.

Where are you in your reflection on the future of the tramway in the metropolis: stop or else?

The tram has a bright future in the metropolis.

We have the largest tram network in France, and no one is talking about closing lines.

However, we will not be able to continue to extend this network to infinity.

Regarding the extension projects to Saint-Médard-en-Jalles and to Gradignan, we have undertaken to carry out additional studies, the answers to which we will have in the coming weeks.

This will have to be compared with the possibility of high level service buses (BRTs), which are very efficient today.

I understand the mayors who defend their territories, but a good mayor is not necessarily a mayor who brings the tram to his town.

We must remain reasonable.

At the same time, we are carrying out a more global reflection to see if there are no other priority corridors that could emerge, such as a circular link on the boulevards.

And there is also the metropolitan RER project, which is perhaps more complicated to implement than expected, right?….

There is nevertheless a real desire today to develop metropolitan RERs in France, and Bordeaux is the most advanced metropolis.

The first Libourne-Arcachon crossroads via Bordeaux station will begin to enter service in mid-December.

And even if there is major work to be done, the infrastructure is there with in particular the 18 stations of the agglomeration which will have to be transformed into 18 multimodal poles, to have TER running every quarter of an hour.

Bassens-Pessac would be done in a few minutes.

We are talking about three diametralization lines by 2028, which would represent 60,000 travelers / day, although I think that is underestimated.

And these are travelers caught on the automobile, which can have a very strong effect on the penetrating and on the bypass.

And the metro, is the project definitely buried or not?

I have no dogmatism, nothing should be excluded.

There was a first study by an engineer who spent four months on it, I think we have to look at this issue again, and why not relaunch a new more complete study, which may be missing.

This represents a significant budget of 1.4 billion euros, but for 100,000 travelers per day anyway!

Although it would mainly be the transfer of travelers from the bus and tram to the metro.

While your priority is to capture motorists?

Yes, but I am not anti-car, I am anti-traffic and anti-pollution.

No one is satisfied that Bordeaux is in the top 3 of the most congested cities in France.

Motorists must therefore be given alternatives.

It also involves cycling: we will have to have a little political courage to create these city-wide bicycle highways that we have been talking about for years, even if it will take up space on parking lots and on roads. infrastructure.

In particular, the campus-Bordeaux connection must be successful, because the students are not enough on the bike, there is enormous potential.

What are the first feedbacks that you have from the provisional cycle paths, installed after confinement?

Between the two confinements, we doubled the number of cyclists on the tracks.

Concerning car traffic, at rush hour, things get a little more crowded on the boulevards, but we are in the order of two to three minutes of time lost on a journey.

On the other hand, we will have to be careful of the clever routes taken via Waze by motorists in the small streets of the neighboring municipalities, in particular Le Bouscat and Talence.

One of the next major projects will also be the transformation of the motorization of the city's buses, to move towards cleaner energies ...

Some 70% of the fleet is already running on NGV, the city's natural gas.

Our goal is to do away with diesel and hybrid buses in order to move towards a 100% clean fleet, by transforming CNG into biogas, and by switching part of the fleet to electricity and hydrogen, knowing that the BHNS Bordeaux line -Saint-Aubin will be 100% electric.

The Bolloré Bluebus is being tested on Liane 15 of the TBM network in Bordeaux.

- M.Bosredon / 20Minutes

Still on the electric, what are you going to do with the car charging stations left by Bolloré who stopped the BlueCub service?

We have an agreement: of the 240 terminals, 170 will remain accessible to individuals for recharging by means of a subscription.

The stations can also be used for self-service bicycles and scooters, and carsharing also, which can be another solution with carpooling to reduce road traffic.

There will not be an answer to provide, but a “multimobilities” scheme to be implemented over the next few years.

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