Alternating traffic will not be renewed tomorrow – BBC

VIDEOS – The alternating traffic is in effect all day in Paris and the suburbs, but the rare step will not be extended by reducing the pollution that persisted for one week

“. Due to an improvement in the situation today and tomorrow, alternating traffic is not renewed Tuesday “, announced the Minister of Ecology, Segolene Royal, saluting” the citizen behavior of motorists who understood the need this measure. “

Airparif, the body responsible for monitoring the air quality in the Paris region, yet provides a potential exceedance of the information threshold to Monday particles. But the situation will clean up Tuesday in favor of the return of rain, according to its forecasts. Since 5:30, until midnight, only the odd plates can circulate on Monday 23 odd days in the capital and 22 surrounding municipalities.

However, not all have complied with this measure, despite the wide publicity during the weekend. Violators must pay a fine of 22 euros, intercepted by police on the 750 hundred checkpoints set up inside or outside Paris, or on the main roads to the capital.

Many said they had no knowledge of the device, said Saturday. As Lionel, who lives in Essonne and went to the Pitié-Salpêtrière to take his nursing position. “I have not heard the news. I just heard a flash there 20 minutes but I was already in my car.”

The police headquarters (PP) is committed to take into account “good faith” of motorists. In the morning, the police had found no major incident and according Bison Smart, traffic was much more “fluid” than usual in the Paris network.

Public transport are free

Everyone is not subject to the rule. The “clean” vehicles (electric, hybrid, gas) or carrying at least three “Carpoolers” may move, as well as those providing public service missions (police, firemen …) and some commercial vehicles ( commercial and journalists).

In consideration of the alternating traffic, public transport is free, and the first time renting an Autolib ‘or day ticket for a Vélib’ (limited . ! 30 minutes of movement)

Free
also residential parking lots, while cars whose plate is pair can park on the said places “visitor” whose occupation can usually exceed two hours. Alternating traffic had hitherto been in place only twice: in 1997 and most recently on March 17, 2014.