Paris city corridor claims optimistic figures | EUROtoday

Lhe Paris city corridor revealed its “peripheral bulletin”, reviews RMC this Sunday, November 10, one month after the implementation of the 50 km/h restrict. The outcomes are moderately optimistic based on the City, which notes “a significant reduction in noise, as well as automobile congestion”.

Traffic jams have decreased by 37% and accidents by 8%, as David Belliard, deputy mayor of Paris accountable for mobility, recollects: “There are fewer accidents and we generally move better today,” however no direct hyperlink could be established with the limitation to 50 km/h. It needs to be famous, nonetheless, that in 2014, the change from 80 to 70 km/h triggered a 19% drop in accidents, and 25% for motorcyclists based on the city corridor.

Concerning noise air pollution for individuals dwelling close to the ring highway, “over the last seven days, we have – 5.9 decibels. It’s as if we were removing half of the car traffic in terms of noise,” says the deputy mayor of Paris. However, it’s too early to attract conclusions about air high quality.

A bulletin “against fake news”

The “ring road bulletin” was created “for the sake of transparency” to “monitor, week after week, the evolution of noise, air pollution, accidents but also traffic jams and average speed”. It is predicated on information from Airparif, Bruitparif and the Parisian Mobility Observatory of the town of Paris. “Against fake news and the alternative realities of all-car defenders, reliable figures published in transparency,” defended David Belliard on Twitter on October 25.

The goal is to place “the church in the middle of the village”. The elected official specifies {that a} “monitoring committee including local residents, users, the Ministry of Transport and the Region must be set up soon”.