Anne Hidalgo wants to charge for motorcycle parking in Paris

Candidate for her own succession for mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo believes that there are "far too many motorized two-wheelers that pose a problem" and that "it all makes a lot of noise"… The solution: charge for parking motorcycles and scooters, of course! Explanations.

Anne Hidalgo, who did not wish to answer our questions in the context of our file, preferred to speak on BFM TV – where she undoubtedly has more supporters than on a motorcycle newspaper !

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"My opinion is that today we have far too many motorized two-wheelers which park anywhere on the sidewalks, which do not respect the cycle paths, which do not respect the sidewalks and which pose a problem. ", estimates the chatelaine mayor of paris.

Oh great, the municipality is finally going to build enough spaces for the parking of motorcycles and scooters which largely contribute to the decongestion of the most beautiful city in the world! Uh … yes but no.

50,000 spaces for 150,000 two-wheelers

Asked yesterday morning about BFM, the outgoing mayor said that "one of the tracks is of course paying for parking, but it is a decision that we will take as part of a major citizens’ conference with citizens and all the actors of mobility to commit together towards a model of travel which has less impact on pollution. Besides, atmospheric pollution and noise pollution, because all that makes a lot of noise! ​​"

Caramba, still missed! However, "there are approximately 30,000 to 50,000 parking spaces for two-wheelers in Paris", estimated the French Federation of Angry Motards (FFMC), while we have "at least 150,000 motorized two-wheelers in request for parking. There are no sufficient alternatives! "

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"There is not a city in the world where we are explaining that it is necessary to put more cars, that it is necessary to bet on individual transport and that it is necessary to bet on heat engines", continues Anne Hidalgo: "tell me if there is a city that goes in another direction than ours, I would be delighted to see the example and see what it produces".

To the drafting of MNC – based in Paris for more than 20 years -, let’s admit that no one has ever heard any candidate asking for more cars in town since, at random, Georges Pompidou in the 70s. On the other hand, the cities in the world who have understood the interest of motorized two-wheelers are numerous !

On the other hand, we remember very well that in 2014, a certain Anne Hidalgo estimated – after having affirmed the opposite a week earlier, of course! – that the motorcycle parking should. "It all makes a lot of noise", indeed…

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