The “progress report” commissioned by the Ile-de-France region indicates that transport time has increased significantly since the closure of traffic on the Georges Pompidou route, by 9 minutes, i.e. double what the count of the city of Paris has raised.
The war of numbers and readings has begun … as was to be expected. The progress report commissioned by the Ile-de-France region displays data that is clearly different from that of the City of Paris.
Plus 135% at peak times
This report, published this Thursday, October 13, the first from the Ile-de-France region, indicates that the pedestrianization of the banks of the Seine right bank, the Georges Pompidou way, has very significantly lengthened the evening transport time on the quays. high in the heart of Paris. Thus, says this text, with regard to “time provided by independent calculators, some results are double those presented by the City“. “In September 2016, travel times for motorists on the high quays on the right bank increased by +135%” during evening rush hour. The time lost is 9 minutes, where the City’s sensors only measure more than 5 minutes“.
The survey adds that bus journey times increased by 0 to 15% on five lines studied. This means longer journey times ranging from 0 to more than 8 minutes depending on the lines, some being disrupted by works.
The study notes a 35% increase in nitrogen dioxide pollution on the ring road on the occasion of “car-free day” on September 25 and calls for a “careful study” of air pollution reports on an “extended area” beyond the ring road. The report also points out “inconsistent data” for acoustic study in the City’s impact study published on September 25 and asks for a “more accurate assessmentof this impact.
Very critical of the decision of the city of Paris to close the way on the banks Georges Pompidou “like many elected officials, Ms. Pécresse, the president of the regional council set up this observatory chaired by Pierre Carli, chief doctor of the Paris Samu It brings together regional bodies studying air, noise, town planning or health (Airparif, Bruitparif, IAU, ORS), the regional transport authority STIF, France Nature Environnement IDF and has heard associations for the defense of the environment and the RATP.
The report also specifies that the City of Paris, requested, did not provide the calculation methods of its own impact study published on September 25. The committee for its part proposes an “optimal and as objective counting methodology as possible”, with 350 direct measurements over a wider perimeter than that taken into account by the Parisian study.
