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France aims to create 'car-share only' lanes on motorways

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France aims to create 'car-share only' lanes on motorways
Lanes on certain motorways could be reserved for buses, taxis and wars with more than 1 person in. Photo by PHILIPPE HUGUEN / AFP

A consultation has begun on creating 'car-share only' lanes on certain French motorways, in order to encourage drivers to begin carpooling.

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Certain lanes on French motorways including the A1, A13 and both the interior and exterior ringroad in Paris could soon be reserved for buses, taxi and cars with more than one person inside.

The government consultation has been launched into plans for six roads in the Île de France region - the A1, A4, A13, A14, A86 and the Paris périphérique - after the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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Sections of some of these roads (mainly the Paris périphérique) will be used during the Games as 'voies olympiques' (Olympic lanes) during the Games - reserved for athletes, media and others accredited by the Paris Olympic committee at peak times. They will be equipped with traffic cameras and extra signage for this purpose.

However, once the Games are over, Paris authorities have proposed not simply returning the lanes to normal, but instead reserving them for shared vehicles - buses, taxis and any car with two or more people inside.

It will not involve building new lanes, simply reserving certain lanes for shared vehicles. The proposal includes a 12km section of the A1 between Charles de Gaulle airport and the Stade de France and a 13km section of the A13 between Rocquencourt and the Saint-Cloud tunnel.

Paris City Hall has been involved in testing several different methods of 'carpooling cameras' that can show how many people are in a vehicle, but it is not yet clear how the shared-vehicle lanes would work.

The French government is trying to encourage car-sharing as a way to lower France's energy consumption, offering €100 to anyone who signs up to a car-share platform.

You can have your say on the consultation here

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