the map of traffic restrictions in Paris during the opening ceremony and the events

On the occasion of the Paralympic Games, which take place from Wednesday 28 August to Sunday 8 September, residents of the Paris region and visitors will have to adapt once again to restricted traffic areas around the competition sites. The inconvenience caused should be less than during the Olympic Games (OG), since the number of sites and the duration of the event are reduced.

Thus, the opening ceremony takes place, as for the Olympic Games, outdoors and not in a stadium, but with a more limited impact: the restrictions only come into force on the day of the ceremony, on a limited axis between Porte Maillot and Place de la Concorde, in the west of Paris. In July, a restriction perimeter around the Seine had been put in place a week before the opening of the Olympic Games.

Several traffic restriction zones have been established by the Paris Police Prefecture, near competition or ceremony sites:

• blue perimeter: Access is free for pedestrians, cyclists and scooters – including electric ones – but motorized traffic is subject to written justification “in free form”.
• red perimeter: Motorized traffic will require a digital pass, reserved for residents and workers, under certain conditions. Taxis, VTCs and vehicles transporting people with disabilities who have the mobility inclusion card (CMI) can however access it without a pass.
• gray perimeter: also called “SILT” (in reference to the Internal Security and Fight against Terrorism Act), it concerns the immediate surroundings of the event sites. Access is reserved for spectators with tickets, accredited persons or those with a digital pass.

As with the Olympics, traffic restrictions come into effect two and a half hours before the start of the first event at a venue and are lifted an hour after the end of the last – except for road races in disciplines such as cycling, triathlon and marathons, where the perimeters are put in place three hours before the start of races and lifted a quarter of an hour after the last competitor has passed.

Find below the day-by-day details of the restrictions, based on information provided by the Paris Police Prefecture and the Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games: