• The Modem and LREM point to a lack of consultation from the town hall on the lowering to 30 km / h.

  • The Bordeaux group in struggles (LFI-NPA) notices the absence of an announcement on public transport, even though, observes Fabien Robert du Modem, that a significant demographic boom is announced in the metropolis.

On Wednesday, the mayor of Bordeaux announced the implementation of several strong measures that were included in his campaign program, including the passage to 30 km / h in most streets of the city and an extension of the pedestrian sector of about 40 %. The objective is to encourage those who can do without their car to adopt other modes of transport and to allow those for whom it is a necessity to circulate better in a city which is today the third most congested of France.

Claiming to take the measure of the climate emergency, the schedule is tight.

The speed of 30 km / h will thus be implemented from January 2022. “A form of precipitation, for Fabien Robert (Modem) and member of the opposition.

If the speed is effectively lowered to 30 km / h in all districts of Bordeaux on January 1, 2022, in four months, it will only be a matter of replacing the panels.

However, this is not enough: a 30 km / h zone works if it is accompanied by works [creation of speed bumps, elimination of traffic lights, renovation of intersections, etc.] ”

A consultation of the inhabitants requested

Fabien Robert and Thomas Cazenave's Renouveau Bordeaux group (LREM) point to a lack of upstream consultation.

"For elected officials, the measure to limit the speed to 30 km / h in Bordeaux is an element of appeasement, however it requires real prior consultation with the inhabitants and not a forced passage", Renouveau Bordeaux point.

“Once again, the mayor is making announcements without any prior consultation.

Neighborhood councils will be consulted… afterwards, ”adds Fabien Robert.

He recalls that the ecological city of Bègles “had adopted the same radical method before going back by increasing the speed to 50 km / h on certain axes.

However, Bordeaux has already announced that it will keep some penetrating at 50 km / h.

What about public transport?

For the Bordeaux group in struggles of which Philippe Poutou (NPA) was the head of the list, if it is certain that "the less the car takes up space the better, especially for our health and the environment", he notes that the ecological mayor "avoids the central question of the organization of public transport".

“For us in Bordeaux En Luttes, the best response to both public health (air pollution) and social (increased poverty and precariousness) problems is the establishment of a real public transport service throughout the agglomeration which alone can set up free access for the entire population, ”explains the group in a press release.

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For Fabien Robert, increasing the capacity of public transport must be addressed in order to face demographic challenges.

“How to transport 300,000 additional people per day by 2030?

As a reminder, soft modes are mainly used for short distances.

Thus, they represent 50% of trips but only 10% of km traveled ... However, 57% of the inhabitants of the metropolis work more than 7 km from their place of residence.

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