This move clearly fits into the strategy of Anne Hidalgo, who for many years intended to displace cars from the French capital. Today the limit is 30 km/h covered about half the streets of the French capital.
there Is also an active attack on Parking spaces. In the “Manifesto” the goal is actually to cut them by 50 percent in the next five years. This is not to mention that almost all of the city refashioned the roadbed so that cars only have one lane where there were two or three. The result, as you might guess, very poor: high and low traffic, even outside peak hours. However, Anne Hidalgo believes that reducing speed in urban areas, first, will reduce noise, as well as “best flow” of traffic that challenge not only the drivers who are forced to stand in traffic jams, but experts.
According to the Agency Observatoire des deplacenement tracking the situation on the roads, the actual average speed in Paris, and given the night, is now down to 14 km/h. What there environment. After all, as experts, among them Charlotte Songer from Airparif, which monitors air quality in the capital, the largest emissions into the atmosphere is taking place at speeds above 30 km/h and below, and if it exceeds 70 km/h. But this is clearly not the case in Paris.
Although, note that this limit is valid on the “Peripherique” – the ring road of the capital. But his Anne Hidalgo and her colleague from “green” David Belliard would like to change. It is easy to guess in which direction – to bring up to 50 km/h But not only. The ring road will be some other transformation. The track will be cut to one lane, giving it exclusively to public transportation, taxi. And in the future the will add more and the bike path. Clearly, due to what. In addition, Paris plans to ban by 2024, all cars with a diesel engine, and 2030 and gasoline.
In Russia the struggle to save lives on the road a long time, there are calls to set the speed in settlements is 50 km/h. However, the response they find. This is due to the fact that each municipality, each region may decide on the introduction of a speed limit.
it is Necessary to analyze the situation and make the decision. For example, in the suburbs in many towns, the signs, speed limit 50 km/h. it All depends on road conditions and number of accidents. But not only speed is to blame for the deaths. In many cases, the speed limit is pointless and even dangerous. For example, on wide roads with good pavement and bump stops, which are found even in human settlements. The practice of increasing the speed on the toll motorway.s showed that it led even to a decrease in the number of accidents and fatalities in them. As consider in traffic police, to reduce accidents, you must first install its causes. Then take engineering measures: put bumpers, paint markings to separate pedestrians from vehicles, maybe put a traffic light. And only if these measures prove ineffective, think about reducing the speed limit. After all, the speed of movement is the economy. The longer the goods are, the more expensive product.
unfortunately, the practice of senseless speed limit we have is still popular. Typical example: increased at one site of the Moscow ring road accident, put the sign “80”. The accident rate has not decreased, but the number of fines increased. So we still operates nestrashnye the threshold of 20 km/h. First, we need to restore order on the road, to remove unnecessary restrictions and then think about its cancellation, according to the traffic police.
