The checks on the lane reserved for carpooling starts on Friday – Liberation
The fines will start to come across The route reserved for carpooling the Parisian device. The controls on the most left line – inheritance Olympic routes – will come into force from Friday, with a video-verbalization system providing for a fine of 135 euros, announced the town hall of Paris this Wednesday, April 30 in the evening.
Since the beginning of March, only vehicles with at least two passengers, public transport, taxis, emergency vehicles, reduced mobility people can circulate on this dedicated path from Monday to Friday, from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
After this phase « Educational », The 10 radars set up last summer along the Olympic route will be activated to locate single people on board their vehicle during peak hours on weekdays.
The system is equipped with a camera of « Form recognition », Who recognizes the silhouettes and capable of differentiating a mannequin from a human, including in a baby seat, underlined David Belliard, assistant to the town hall of Paris in charge of transport. But without taking pictures of the faces, he said during a press briefing.
« It is not an automatic verbalization because it requires the intervention of a municipal police officer » Who will check compliance with the rules, in particular by crossing with the photos of the license plate, added the elected environmentalist.
The dedicated route, intended to combat air pollution and noise For the 550,000 residents of the device, perpetuates the system of the Olympic and Paralympic tracks reserved for official athletes and delegations during the 2024 Olympic Games.
In the south, the section between the Issy quay from the Bercy door, about a third of the device, escapes the device, for lack of being an Olympic route.
The measure aims to amplify the effects from the passage from 70 km/h to 50 km/h on the ring of 35 km which has surrounded the capital, effective since October 1st. Since that date, « The traffic jams have dropped by 20 to 50% » On the busiest urban motorway in Europe with 1.5 million daily trips, more than 80% in self -complaints (without passenger), said David Belliard.
And since March, “We saw a speed differential of 7 to 8 km/hour between the dedicated track and the other tracks. It means that we roll more fluidly ”, Has argued the one who will be the environmental candidate for the municipal elections of 2026.
