The mayor of Paris considers the two-wheeler dangerous and polluting

The mayor (PS) of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, reaffirmed his openly motophobic feelings during a video chat on Thursday, saying that the motorized two-wheeler would not only be dangerous, but also "very polluting".

The mayor (PS) of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, reaffirmed his openly motophobic feelings on a Thursday by affirming that the motorized two-wheeler would not only be dangerous, but also "very polluting".

These, to say the least, questionable statements were made in response to a user who wanted to know his position on the motorcycle protests organized against his plan to exclude motorcycles and scooters over ten years old from the streets of the capital (read in particular)

Bus lanes: ten years of stubbornness…

Bertrand Delanoë stated loud and clear in 2001 that "as regards bikers (in the bus tracks), they must know that I will not give in! I hesitated, but it turns out that the presence of bikers in the new bus lanes pose a danger to other users, "he told Site in 2001. As for the risks incurred by the bikers themselves, forced to sneak in the automobile traffic, they were also quickly evacuated: "that I be convinced of the dangerousness for the bikers, and we will see!", The mayor said (read )…

"With the bikers, we discuss," he initially delayed. "No one has noticed that I have been asking for the last ten years that we legalize the backlog"…

The readers of MNC – who as everyone knows are a little more fortunate than the others – remember on the other hand that Mr. Delanoë is fiercely opposed to the circulation of motorcycles in the bus lanes: read)…

For the interfile circulation, "I saw that there was starting to be a change. As it has been a demand of the bikers (and of me) for 10 years, I tell myself that things are moving," he said. he continued: "I understand that the motorized two-wheeler is a very practical means, but it is very polluting, dangerous also for bikers – and their health is important to me – and I try to push motorized two-wheelers to the maximum. non-polluting. There is even a bonus offered by the City of Paris to those who acquire an electric two-wheeler, "then assured the mayor before reintroducing the concept of paid parking for motorcycles and scooters.

"We will have to agree to evolve, because they are the only motorized vehicles in Paris not to pay for parking. A car pays for parking. We have to discuss: I will not introduce paid parking for them. bikers before the end of my mandate, but we have to discuss ", explained the one who ensures" to do his job as mayor with immense pleasure ".

So concretely to travel by motorbike or scooter in Paris in the near future, not only will it be essential to have the means to buy and maintain a recent two-wheeler, but also to be able to pay parking fees. Or how a socialist mayor could transform Paris into the capital … of social injustice ?

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