Strasbourg wants to measure the impact of the “low emission
Impact study of the implementation of the Low Emission Mobility Zone (ZFE-m) in Strasbourg. This system, launched by the State, aims to reduce pollutant emissions in large cities. The dedicated observatory set up by the Eurometropolis (EMS) and entrusted to the Planning and Urban Planning Agency of the city of Strasbourg will monitor numerous indicators related to air quality, the evolution of car fleet, as well as the use of transport infrastructure. “The evaluations will make it possible to consider modifications to the system, if they prove necessary”, comments in a press release the president of the EMS, Pia Embs.
Adopted on October 15, 2021 and implemented on 1He is Last January, ZFE-m implemented a gradual ban on vehicle exchanges based on its Crit’Air label. First Crit’Air 5, in 2023, until Crit’Air 2, in 2028. According to the community, two “reinforced” evaluations of the first prohibition measures are planned in 2024 and 2026 to check the feasibility of the agreed schedule . They will be able to bring in the EMS and the mayors to “adapt the timetable for the ban”, he recalls the deliberations of October.
Oversight committees
The effective creation of the observatory was recorded during the first meeting of the political follow-up committee of the ZFE-m, which includes elected representatives from all the political parties represented in the city. A regional monitoring committee has just been formed, made up of other local authorities involved in the implementation of the ZFE-m, as well as mobility operators, representatives of the economic and energy world and user associations. . It will have to collect information related to the implementation of the ZFE-m. Its first meeting is scheduled for May 2022.
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