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Re: Velib in Paris: Balance Sheet for First Year

James Thomson
  
"John Kane" <jrkrideau@gmail.com> a écrit:

> I was referring to the article where it said

> "Le Vélib' a fait oublier les ratés de la politique des transports de
> la première mandature. Les embouteillages, la suppression des
> places de parking, les couloirs de bus, les travaux du tramway ont
> pourtant alimenté la grogne des Parisiens pendant quatre ans."

> I was just wondering what the main complaints were.

Sorry - I skimmed the article too hastily and missed the reference. A friend
suggests that there's a perception (among drivers, presumably) that many bus
lanes were created primarily as traffic-calming measures, to reduce the
number of lanes available to private cars rather than as a positive measure
to improve bus flow. That would seem to fit with the list of inconveniences
primarily to private motorists.

James Thomson

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