Anne Hidalgo wants more diesel in Paris 2020 – Le Figaro

Anne Hidalgo wants more diesel in Paris 2020 – Le Figaro

As part of an ambitious emission level, the mayor of Paris also plans to set up the main roads reserved for clean vehicles.

After Manuel Valls last week, Anne Hidalgo declared war on diesel. The Socialist mayor of Paris wants to ban its use in the capital by 2020, as part of a pollution prevention plan which she outlines in the Journal du Dimanche (JDD). “I want the end of the diesel in Paris in 2020, and possibly beyond the device,” said Anne Hidalgo.

As announced by the Prime Minister in late November at the Environmental Conference The mayor of Paris wants to identify on the registration vehicles according to their environmental compatibility. “With pellets or chips can soon identify the degree of pollution of every vehicle,” she said. It warns that there will be road checks and the use of cameras could also be considered.

Beyond 2020 the mayor is “ready to imagine an exception for certain low-income households with an old diesel vehicle they only occasionally use” and which “could be allowed to move the weekend. ” “Today, 60% of Parisians already have no car, while in 2001 they were 40%. It goes fast, “she notes.

Anne Hidalgo wants to set up the main roads reserved for clean vehicles. Rue de Rivoli and the Champs-Elysées, for example, would be permitted only to vehicles with “ultra low emission” particulate pollutants. It also cites the ring road, a “pollution canyon.” Only cars of the residents have the right to enter the four central districts of Paris (Ie, II, III, IV), apart from bicycles, taxis, buses, emergency and delivery vehicles. “I propose that we start the weekend (…) Then, quickly, we will extend to the rest of the week,” said the socialist elected.

The mayor of Paris meant restrict the movement and parking of coaches and wants to ban trucks “have nothing to do in Paris”, in particular 30% who only pass through the city without stopping. It proposes however to develop freight transport by the Seine and the rail (RER or tram) and advocates the use for the “last mile” of small vehicles, if possible electric. The city of Paris and launch a utility device self-service, Utilib ‘, with a price incentive for traders and craftsmen.

Finally, Anne Hidalgo discusses with mayors of major French cities European like Bordeaux, Barcelona, ​​Rome and Stockholm to group public orders and “the emergence of a competitive offer electric industrial vehicles.” “I intend to support, including financially, artisans, merchants in their output of diesel,” said the mayor of Paris. All these measures will be discussed at the Council of Paris February 9, 2015, says Anne Hidalgo.

According to a poll conducted for the JDD by Ifop with 804 Ile 4 and December 5th, 84% of the inhabitants of Ile-de-France satisfied priority the fight against air pollution and 54% favor a total ban on diesel vehicles in the Paris area by 2020.