• The Rennes metropolitan area is one of the 35 territories that will have to set up a low-emission zone by 2030.

  • The local authority recently adopted a charter of best practices to oversee delivery and logistics in its hypercentre.

  • The perimeter of this area prohibited to the most polluting vehicles remains to be defined.

Senators postponed the establishment of Low Emission Zones (ZFE) for five years. A disappointment for some, a relief for others. This measure aimed at improving air quality in city centers is already in force in several metropolitan areas, such as Paris, Grenoble or Lyon. The Ministry of Ecological Transition had announced its desire to involve all the large agglomerations of more than 150,000 inhabitants in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Concretely, the most polluting vehicles are no longer allowed to enter. Member of the “third list”, the Rennes metropolis knows that it will have to stick to it, even if it is no longer one of the French cities affected by European litigation.

A few weeks ago, the community "anticipated" the establishment of this ZFE, which could result in a ban on polluting vehicles in town, by signing a charter of best practices for deliveries in town.

Objective: to ban deliveries with diesel vehicles by 2030. “Companies are not going to change their entire fleet in the blink of an eye.

We must anticipate this transition ”, then justified the president of the metropolis Nathalie Appéré.

"The goal is not to have an arbitrary area"

Subject to Crit'air stickers since October 1, 2018, the Breton capital could expect to see vehicles bearing stickers 3, 4 and 5 banned from driving in the famous ZFE. For now, we are far from it. "It is not for tomorrow morning", procrastinated the socialist mayor, before specifying. “The goal is not to have an arbitrary area. This measure must be accepted and understood. “It is not known for the moment what will be the concerned perimeter (intrarocade? Hypercentre?) And if all thermal vehicles will be subject to this traffic ban.

According to the Ministry of Ecological Transition, road traffic is responsible for around 60% of nitrogen dioxide emissions and 30% of direct emissions of fine particles. In Rennes, nitrogen dioxide emissions have decreased by 24% on the bypass compared to 2008, and by 12% within the ring road.

The AirBreizh institute carried out a detailed analysis of air pollution in the Breton capital for two years.

Without being alarmist, the results are far from perfect.

“The majority of the population lives in areas with low exposure to nitrogen dioxide.

However, between 100 and 750 people are exposed to the annual average limit value being exceeded at their home, ”explained the institute.

Regarding fine particles, “between 400 and 4,400 people are exposed daily to concentrations that could potentially exceed the guideline value established by the WHO”.

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