By Caroline J. Photos by Caroline J. Posted July 1, 2022, 10:38 AM
While strolling through Paris, you must have noticed that some streets are more crowded than others. But then, which sidewalks in the capital are most frequented by pedestrians? Answer with this map created by the Atelier parisien d’urbanisme.
Avenue des Champs-Élysées, rue Montorgueil, rue Montmartre or boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle… it is often difficult to walk quietly and make your way through certain streets of the capital, the sidewalks are so crowded. It must be said that there is 3.5 million pedestrians which circulate every day in Paris, according to the Parisian urban planning studio (Apur). This agency also unveiled at the end of June a cartography detailed busiest sidewalks in Parisjust to avoid them and find some peace of mind.
According to this map, the most popular spaces are concentrated in particular in central Paris, the districts of Parisian stations, major tourist areas such as Montmartre, the Champs-Élysées or the Champ-de-Mars », selon l’Apur.
On this map, we also find in red the busy local streets located in certain arrondissements, and other thoroughfares further from the center, such as Avenue du Général Leclerc, in the 14th arrondissement, or Avenue des Gobelins in the 13th.
L’Apur also teaches us that the capital matters 2,300 kilometers of sidewalksmost ” 16% of these sidewalks are less than 1.8 meters wide and are not yet adapted to the recommendations of the Accessibility Plan for Roads and Public Spaces (PAVE) “. Also, the Parisian Urbanism Workshop points to the lack of sidewalks suitable for wheelchair users, since 5% of these Parisian sidewalks measure less than 1.4 meters.
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