Juliette has been using the A31 for twenty-five years. Twenty-five years of daily return travel between Metz and the center of Luxembourg. Twenty-five years of stress and hardship, especially in recent years. “In 1995, I took on average a little over an hour to go to work. I was leaving at 7 a.m. Today, when I leave my home at 6tfcovoiurageh30, the journey is two hours, or even more in the event of an accident. Generally, it drives fairly well as far as Thionville. Then from Entrange to Luxembourg City, it’s a hassle. Bumper to bumper! ”
Like many other cross-border commuters who have chosen the road rather than the rail, Juliette notes an inexplicable phenomenon: why, at rush hour, and outside of any accident, do we circulate better – well, a little less badly – some days rather than others, on this damn A31?
At the Urban Planning and Sustainable Development Agency of Lorraine Nord (Agape), we admit that we do not have the answer. But the agency, which is piloting the MMUST project – this project proposes to create a decision support tool for cross-border mobility in the Greater Region – announces staggering figures: 185,000 French, Belgian and German cross-border workers work in the Greater -Duchy of Luxembourg. By 2035, there will be 100,000 more!
What to fear the paralysis of transport networks if nothing changes. Because today, there are 85,000 cars and 15,000 heavy goods vehicles daily on certain sections of the A31, such as between Metz and Luxembourg. The heavy goods traffic is mainly in transit: 55% on average, 70% north of Thionville. It has increased by 28% in 15 years on average, by 56% north of Thionville. Saturation is near …
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