A bonus of two euros per journey will be paid to motorists who give up driving alone by car during peak hours on the most bottled axes.
MO12345LEMONDE With AFP
The European Metropolis of Lille (MEL) voted, Friday, December 16 in the evening, for the establishment of a “a positive toll”, namely a bonus paid to motorists who give up driving alone peak hours on the most bottled axes. “We target self -colorists,” summed up the president of the MEL, Damien Castelain.
will be eligible for the bonus of two euros per journey those who change their means of transport, those who put themselves in carpooling, and those who shift their trips at less intense times. Presented as an “antiembouteillage asset” to unclog in particular the A1 and the A23 in the morning and in the evening, this “ecobonus” inspired by a measure observed by Lille elected officials in 2015 in Rotterdam, is a “first in France”, According to the community.
The measurement, which is based on an automated reading system of license plates, has long stopped on the protection of personal data, preventing to store these numbers without the consent of motorists.
A cost of nine million euros
Motorists are therefore called upon to volunteer from spring 2023, and their daily journeys will be followed thanks to the reading of the plates. Then, 5,000 of them will be registered in the summer of 2023, for a first nine-month program.
Each journey avoided by car declared on an application will give the right to a bonus of two euros per journey within the limit of 80 euros per month.
The MEL hopes, for example, a reduction in traffic of 750 vehicles out of the 12,000 present on the A1 in the morning during peak hours, she said in a press release.
The three -year system should cost nine million euros. The environmental advisers voted against, believing that such an investment “to dissuade, in the best of cases, 5,000 motorists from taking their car” was “very expensive”. The elected Lille Mélissa Camara called to develop rather “effective alternatives” to the car.