The Paris town hall has just published this Thursday a decree establishing a limited traffic zone (ZTL). The circulation of vehicles only crossing the first four districts of the capital will now be prohibited, with exceptions.
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The ZTL, the order authorizing the limited traffic zone concerns four districts of the hypercenter over 5.5 km2. From the 1st to the 4th arrondissement. The high quays, Île Saint-Louis and Île de la Cité remain outside of this measure which will apply during the day of Monday, November 4, after the installation of the signage provided for by the regulations.
In short, all motorized transit vehicles, vehicles only crossing the area without stopping there, will no longer be able to travel in these districts. This prohibition does not concern people who reside in this area. “Public service and emergency vehicles, public transport, taxis, VTC, car sharing”will also be accepted there. The Paris town hall website lists the users who are not affected by this ZTL.
The establishment of a limited traffic zone aims to reduce the volume of traffic in the hypercenter of Paris, according to the city hall. Of “30% avenue de l’Opéra” or from “15% boulevard de Sébastopol”. The objective East ” the reduction in the noise level on certain roads in Paris Center and by an improvement in air quality.”
According to the decree published this Thursday, “the number of vehicles circulating within the perimeter of central Paris is between 350,000 and 550,000 per day and a significant part of this traffic crosses this area without stopping there.
The establishment of this limited traffic zone, a campaign commitment of the socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, was the subject of difficult negotiations with the police headquarters, whose headquarters is located on the island of City, in the heart of the future area. In July 2022, the opposition group at town hall Changer Paris disapproved of the establishment of this limited traffic zone and asked for the project to be abandoned.
Transport and logistics organizations from Ile-de-France, united under the Gatmarif banner, asked the town hall in mid-September for details on the conditions of access and the presentation of possible supporting documents. “There will be a first phase of teaching, before a second phase of control and verbalization” with a system of resident cards and online self-declaration, specifies the Paris town hall.
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