Rémi Féraud, dubbed by the outgoing socialist mayor for the 2026 municipal elections, specified that he wanted to continue his policy of reducing the role of the car in the capital.
Ban transit automobile traffic throughout Paris? If Anne Hidalgo succeeded in setting up the limited traffic zone (ZTL) in central Paris at the beginning of November, her designated successor Rémi Féraud intends to extend it to all districts of the capital if he is elected in 2026, she said. -he announced in an interview with Parisian this Wednesday, November 27. “Iron” from the results of the outgoing municipality, he intends to continue the policy of reducing car space led by the current mayor, who announced the day before that she would not run again at the end of her second term.
“We need to stop driving through the city if we don’t have to go.”he explained about this ZTL extended to all districts of the capital. Of the “structuring axes” would be retained for transit traffic, but cars could only enter neighborhoods if that is their destination, on the same model as central Paris. “It will certainly take us ten years, now is the time to start.”
“I intend to be divisive”
A decision which promises to be divisive as the implementation of the ZTL in the central districts of the capital has provoked an outcry, particularly among traders. “If a policy is divisive because it makes choices, so much the better, defended Rémi Féraud. In this case, I intend to be divisive.” The senator also wishes to continue the project to transform the ring road into “urban boulevard” et “make all of Paris a garden city”.
If he is already starting to outline his program for the capital, Rémi Féraud will first have to be designated as the left's candidate for the municipal elections. He must notably face the former first deputy of Anne Hidalgo, now a deputy, Emmanuel Grégoire, who also announced his candidacy. Not to mention that it will be necessary to bring together the other left-wing parties, notably the Greens.
