SUNDAY’S LA TRIBUNE — The limitations of car traffic and the growth of bicycle traffic have been one of the main characteristics of the Delanoë-Hidalgo era. Do you want to end this revolution?
RACHIDA DATI — What revolution are you talking about? Widespread chaos on our streets? Buses that won’t run anymore? Elderly people who are afraid to cross the street? Noise, pollution? Anne Hidalgo and Emmanuel Grégoire approached the question of mobility with an ideological prism, and this was not initiated by Bertrand Delanoë. I want the planning of Parisian public spaces to reconnect with pragmatism, common sense and respect for everyone. I no longer want traveling around Paris to be a source of stress. I started from a simple principle: 100% of Parisians are pedestrians at some time during the day. However, pedestrianization is one of Hidalgo’s forgotten mandates. The majority of outgoing residents brag about the creation of pedestrian zones, but the vast majority of these zones are not dedicated to them at all! We will protect pedestrian squares in Paris and build crossroads dedicated to pedestrians, something that has never been done before.
