The luxury of parking your car in front of your home in debate at the municipal council
The new parking reform and the organization of space in the streets will be the culmination of the back -to -school municipal council, this Monday, September 20.An explosive subject to follow live and with our comments from 12:30 p.m..
This time, we get to the heart of the matter.How to reorganize space in the streets?Forgotten, the procrastination of the electoral campaign on free parking to go to a restaurant that costs the triple.Ecologists attack "suction cup cars", which take up space, 10 m² per vehicle in the streets and avenues of the city for long periods.The subject, a bit ideological, affects everyday habits, portfolio and living environment.All the elements are therefore gathered so that the debate in the hemicycle (points 5 and 6) runs in the competition of bad faith and approximations of which politicians sometimes have the secret.
It must be said that the deliberations are still very vague.Officially, the municipal council will only vote for a "new distribution of parking", "consultations, reflections and studies" with a particular examination of the Neustadt, the Green Mountain and Neudorf districts.In the latter, parking is currently free.The new rules would come into force during 2022.
But environmentalists have also announced their intentions.These include reducing the spaces in the streets (road parking) to further orient residents to the parking lots "in work" (underground or in floors) or personal garages, sometimes underused.And to "better store cars" to leave places for people who come from outside, especially professionals.
Based on the parking observatory (the last report dates from 2018), the municipality notes that cars are immobilized 96% of the time.That the majority of places in the streets are now occupied by residents, or "that a third of the resident parking subscribers do not move their car during the day, because they move differently", according to Pierre Ozenne, deputy mayorin charge of public space.
Jusqu’à 75% de l’espace public occupé par les voitures
Jeanne Barseghian sketches the objectives of this policy:
To date, 11,000 households out of 137,000 in the city benefit from a "resident parking" subscription.Limited to one car per household, it allows you to park unlimited in its residence district if parking is payable, provided you find a place.We often speak of "macaroon", even if cars no longer wear them, and have their plaque number for years.Its price is 15 euros per month.Among the levers to change habits, environmentalists intend to increase this price.Faced with concerns, Jeanne Barseghian finally made the commitment that the new price will not exceed "30 € per month".The goal is to converge with the subscription in existing and underused car parks.The parking lot under the Museum of Modern Art offers for example a price at 25 €/month to the inhabitants of Petite France (but not to residents of the Laiterie district where it is located).As a general rule, it is rather necessary to count between 50 and 100 euros per month for a subscription of this type.
In addition to converging these prices, "people who make an effort can have access to more services: being able to park for free at home for an hour to unload or benefit from a free subscription to public transport», Announces Pierre Ozenne.As for Jeanne Barseghian, she recalls that "self -sharing, which we still want to develop, allows you to have places in roads the day we need it.In the medium term, additional car parks could be built.
Les Socialistes opposés
Foster parking lots for long periods, develop resident subscriptions, better share space, improve the “rotation” of vehicles to find a place in the city center more easily… It was the speech, and actions,Socialists during the previous mandate, two elected officials dealt with parking in the city and the Eurometropolis.But for this additional step, they will vote against."This increase will have no impact for those who have the means.We are often told that Strasbourg is a poor city, but the new price will have an impact on purchasing power.The decision will impact the middle classes, which can certainly pay a car, but cannot afford to do otherwise, "said Caroline Barrière, former president of Parcus."We are made to vote on the ideal and supposed city we build it behind, but the decisions already seem to be taken, with in particular an extension of the paid perimeter.»»
Socialist leader, Catherine Trautmann believes that before things were done otherwise: "There has never been any pedestrianization without a traffic plan. Les flux sont un impensé de cette politique»», même si elle accorde un bon point aux écologistes avec les travaux pour le contournement cycliste de la Grande-Île que proposait également sa liste. Ancienne adjointe au stationnement, Pernelle Richardot voit là l’expression du « communautarisme»» des écologistes, car cette réforme « oppose les communautés des piétons, des cyclistes et des automobilistes»».
In the right opposition, parking is one of the favorite subjects and we do not want to miss this sequence to mobilize against the majority. Discret depuis le printemps, Jean-Philippe Vetter (LR) prédit la « suppression du stationnement résidant»».He calls for an event in front of the town hall at 12 noon in the star, half an hour before the start of the session.He launched his own online petition. L’initiative rappelle celle de son ancien acolyte Thierry Roos contre « le racket du stationnement»» lors de la réforme des prix en 2018.He then solemnly deposited the 6,563 signatures collected on the mayor of the mayor Roland Ries.A theatrical staging, but which had not changed anything in the decisions taken.Will the new departmental advisor to the northern neighborhoods of Strasbourg have more impact in 2021?
For the LREM group, arguments and examples should be significantly the same. Pierre Jakubowicz (Agir) juge que « le quotidien des personnes âgées, à mobilité réduite ou des familles sera rendu plus difficile : il faudra désormais marcher depuis les parkings avec ses courses»», une situation également décrite dans la pétition de Jean-Philippe Vetter. Les deux hommes voient-là une illustration de ce qu’ils appellent « l’écologie punitive»». « Strasbourg va devenir la capitale de la vie compliquée»», redoute Pierre Jakubowicz, adepte des bonnes formules qui ont le don d’agacer les écologistes.
Among the 65 points on the agenda, others should bring about debates:
Les socialistes « pas dans la majorité»», mais prêts à participer « au coup par coup»»
Before the municipal council, the socialist elected officials wanted to specify their positioning vis-à-vis the majority, and take a little more distance. Les sept élus du groupe se disent avant tout « libres et indépendants»», « non-alignés»», mais « sans hostilité»».
Catherine Trautmann notes:
In the executive, the socialists however have a digital and European citizen assistant, Céline Geissmann, and two presidents of mixed economy companies (Salah Koussa in Ophéa and Serge Oehler in Samins). « Il n’y a plus de réunion d’adjoints, mais des réunions de l’exécutif qui impliquent les 47 élus écologistes puisqu’ils ont tous une délégation contre seulement deux de nos élus»», déplore Catherine Trautmann. Céline Geissmann prend justement l’exemple de cette instance pour en montrer ses limites : « Nous n’y avons pas eu de discussion sur la politique de stationnement»».
« Historiquement, les écologistes étaient pleinement associés à la majorité et ça ne les empêchaient pas de voter contre certains points»», compare Serge Oehler.A fair observation, with the difference that the socialists concentrate their interventions on their criticisms and very little the defense of the policies they support.Beyond substantive disagreements, their attacks also relate to the identity of their former allies, which environmentalists did not do.One of the usual elements of language is that the environmental policy is "anti-social.»»
Cet article est gratuit. Pour soutenir notre travail, abonnez-vous !Catherine Trautmann estime donc que les Socialistes doivent désormais participer « au coup par coup»» et « politique par politique»». « On ne peut pas voir les choses de manière binaire, être dedans ou en dehors de la majorité,»» résume-t-elle.She intends in particular to participate in the coming reflections on the financing of cults.One foot outside, one foot in it, such is the difficult and unique crest line that socialists intend to maintain.A way also not to be assimilated to the LR and LREM opposition, and to fall into indifference.
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On Strasbourg.EU: The agenda of the municipal council of September 20 (PDF)
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