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Cycle paths, metro accessibility… After analyzing 71 criteria, the Oliver Wyman Forum and the University of Berkeley have placed the French capital in second place in its index of urban mobility of the future, published Tuesday December 10. And specify the efforts that remain to be made.
The decisions taken by the Paris town hall are often debated, even if this was not enough to prevent Bertrand Delanoë and Anne Hidalgo from being elected and re-elected since 2001. An American report in any case validates part of the choices made by the two city councilors. The Oliver Wyman Forum, a think tank of a strategy consulting firm, and the University of Berkeley published on Tuesday, December 10, the 2024 edition of their Urban Mobility Readiness Index, an index which analyzes the way in which 70 urban areas in the world are preparing for the mobility of tomorrow. Paris ranks second, behind San Francisco, the highest position for the French capital since the index was created in 2019.
Five researchers analyze 71 criteria and three sub-indexes: public transport, sustainable mobility and, new for this edition, the adoption of technologies. “Emerging technologies, from autonomous vehicles to artificial intelligence, can not only help make services more affordable and efficient, but are also essential to achieving climate goals,” justify two of the authors of the index, Guillaume Thibault, associate expert at
