The PRG wants to offer self-service scooters in Paris

After the Velib and the Autolib, the Council of Paris adopted with the consent of the mayor a wish of the elected representatives of the Left Radical Party (PRG) to consider Scootlib, a system of self-service electric scooters for short journeys in the Paris area.

After Velib and Autolib, the Council of Paris adopted with the consent of the mayor a wish of elected representatives of the Left Radical Party (PRG) to consider Scootlib, a system of self-service electric scooters for short trips in the Paris area.

Submitted last month by three Parisian elected officials of the PRG – Laurence Goldgrab (18th arrondissement), Gilles Alayrac (15th arrondissement) and Jean-Bernard Bros (deputy mayor of Paris in charge of tourism and new local media) – this wish had already been proposed by leftist radicals in 2008.

"We are amused to see that what was treated as a gadget is today taken up as is by other parties", rejoices Fabrice Moulin, deputy mayor (PRG) of the 12th arrondissement and spokesperson for the Paris federation of PRG by suggesting: "why not a Scootlib made in France with Peugeot or Heuliez?"

The example of Motit in Barcelona

The principle of self-service scooters, already tested by the SNCF in certain stations (read), exists in particular in Barcelona – where the company Going Green offers "Motit" electric scooters (below) from 4 euros per l hour or 45 cents per kilometer, with jet helmet "one size fits all" mounted on the handlebars – and in the Netherlands.

While motorcycles and scooters are attracting more and more Ile-de-France residents with + 34% in ten years (read), "the traffic but above all the parking of these" neo-scooters "in public spaces pose new challenges. next municipal majority will have to resolve, "continues Mr. Moulin, believing that we must" beware of repressive solutions to choose to offer alternatives ".

For the FFMC, "it’s a recognition the usefulness of motorized two-wheelers in town "

"We can congratulate ourselves on such an initiative", estimates the general delegate of the French Federation of angry motorcyclists (FFMC) questioned by Site: "fluidity of traffic, parking, enhancement of motorized two-wheelers and their advantages. . It is a recognition of the usefulness of the motorized two-wheeler in the city ". "Attention to safety" "However, be careful with safety", continues Eric Thiollier: "what about the equipment? Is the helmet (adjusted?) Provided? Training or a possible license (AM for 50cc)? The risk would be cause an increase in accidents that would be attributed to motorized two-wheeler drivers! " Finally, "the most grumpy may wonder if it is the role of a local authority to provide individual means of transport, especially since at the same time it spends its time rotting the lives of users who own the their ", observes the General Delegate," but given that this is already the case with Autolib and Velib, we could only be happy that a similar initiative exists for motorized two-wheelers.

"Scootlib is the missing link for Velib and Autolib, these new shared individual transportations", concludes the spokesperson for the Parisian PRG, recalling that "public transport cannot completely replace the need for individual motorized transport".

The PRG also proposes "to ensure continuous mobility" with metros all night long, a lane on the ring road reserved for hybrid vehicles or traveling with at least three people, the multiplication of the number of taxis and "innovative public transport. "like this mysterious" cable car connecting the Parisian stations "…

"To combine freedom of movement and reduction of traffic and pollution, we must continue to place our action in the functional economy, by prioritizing use on property, and by encouraging devices for sharing modes of transport ", explains the PRG which is also opposed to the proposal to limit traffic on the ring road to 70 km / h, (read), considering that this is a measure" unsuitable for the reality of Ile-de-France ".

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