At the corner of rue du Dr Tuffier and rue des Peupliers (Paris 13th), Moncef enters the latter, at the wheel of his car, then brakes and hesitates… “I was used to going that way but It’s a hassle now. I almost took the forbidden direction,” he explains. The street on the right is also recently prohibited in the direction, the only solution available to him is to go left… where a new ban, a few dozen meters further on, will force him to make a loop to finally start again. ‘where he arrived.
Like him, many drivers are surprised to discover this intersection below their face level. “It made it easier for me to get home through here,” says François, who lives a little further up in the neighborhood. “So now there is no other choice than to be in traffic jams…”, particularly at Porte d’Italie.
The desired goal is precisely to relieve this sector located near the Poterne des Peupliers. Because Rue des Peupliers, quite narrow and busy, had become over the years an alternative access which allowed direct entry into the capital. Franck, a resident and motorist, not particularly in favor of this project at first, recognizes that there have since been “less nuisances in the neighborhood and still a lot fewer people”. According to him, there is still a lack of clearer signage upstream to warn people that they are now entering a dead end.
