Since January 1, 2025, new regulations have been implemented in areas of low emission (ZFE) of several important metropolis. The General Director of Services of the Metropolis of Grand Paris, Philippe Castanet, guest of Under Way for Tomorrow on BFM Business, has given details about the system, this Saturday, February 1.
In the Grand Paris, vehicles criticize 3 and more are prohibited from traffic during the week, during the day, but they can still benefit from 22 display per year through the “ZFE Passes” system. A corresponding figure, according to ZFE estimates, on two trips per month, in addition to weekends, enough to respond to all problems.
However, prohibited traffic vehicles will not be verbalized immediately since the metropolis in the Great Paris chose in 2024 to establish an educational year with motorists. Specifically, instead of a PV, it is a steering wheel destined to understand the system that the Municipal Police will deposit on the windshield of critic 3 and more vehicles.
“The decree can move” during the educational year
“We will see how many people use their pass,” explains Philippe Castanet, who believes that even if all motorists do not use it is not for the time of verbalization, this serves as “nature of the size survey.”
Since the beginning of January, “we have 200,000 people who went to see the system and almost 10,000 who have made applications for passes or repeal and teach us a lot,” said the general director of the Grand Paris Metropolis services.
“The decree can move,” also advances to Philippe Castanet, who wants the system to “listen to repeal requests.”
“We were surprised by the number of people who requested dismissal for medical issues, which can lead us to think about the formulation of this repeal to simplify it,” says Philippe Castanet, for example.
The general director of Services of the Metropolis of Grand Paris remembers that “the goal is not to pursue the car, the objective is to limit air pollution.” “This is also the reason why ZFE does not apply all the time. At night, the weekend, pollution falls, so we can circulate much more freely in the metropolis,” he adds.
A radar verbalization implemented in 2026
With respect to verbalizations, they will take effect for 2026 in the Grand Paris metropolis and will be automated thanks to the radar control.
“We will not establish a verbalization system considered too unfair,” reassures Philippe Castanet, who says that “there will be no parking control” in the ZFE of Grand Paris.
“Someone who is parked with a critic 5, says nothing to ride,” explains the general director of the Grand Paris metropolis.
In other metropolis, including Lyon, different rules can be applied.
However, the various metropolis are related to how to advance in concert in this national regulation with local variations.
Source: BFM TV
