On the roads of Vannes, “living together takes a toll” [Billet]

“Soft and peaceful mobility”. This is the expression used by Gérard Thépaut, deputy in charge of climate, in the municipal council on November 18, 2024 when presenting the Sustainable Development 2023 report. Calmed? The term must have brought a smile to the faces of users of the Vannes roads. “On the road, living together takes a toll,” summarizes Sabrina. “I am well aware of the progress that we still have to make, in particular to pacify uses between cyclists and motorists,” underlined the mayor-president of the agglomeration, during his wishes, on January 9, 2025. And there is some work “.

Traffic jams make motorists on edge and create tension against other transport users. They envy these sometimes deserted lanes, where cyclists ride with their noses in the wind and buses can be counted on the fingers of one hand. “On the way to Boulevard des Îles, I saw two in two and a half months,” says Géraldine, a resident of Ploeren.

So, it honks more and more. Whether bus drivers, during rush hours, to leave sections of reserved lanes, or motorists as soon as a light turns green, so as not to waste a moment on the road. Without forgetting the bicycles who criticize the electric scooters for not adapting their speed or the pedestrians who suffer from the two-wheelers who defy the ban on using the sidewalks. Come on, let’s breathe! And tomorrow? We’re going back!