In Toulouse, pedestrians looking for a bus rue de Metz
Buses rue de Metz, it’s over! At least near the François Verdier metro station. Information that a number of users would still ignore on Tuesday.
Since Monday, buses no longer pass rue de Metz. A modification related to the pedestrianization of the street which will begin at the end of the year.
Given the number of users at the bus stops located a few meters from the François Verdier metro station on Tuesday morning, the information did not reach everyone’s ears.
“I took line 9 to go to Saint-Cyprien. How am I doing now? The information is not clear at all! Plague Claudia who had been waiting in front of the bus stop for several minutes.
“You know that there are no more buses? »
On the other side of the sidewalk, the disarray is the same. Agathe, a young woman in her twenties, taps nervously on her cell phone in search of information. “I’m a little lost, a Tisséo agent told me that line 9 passed here. A caring resident of the neighborhood pushing a stroller calls out to her: “Do you know that there are no more buses in the street? “After a few minutes of consultation with another distraught user, the young woman understands that the stop has been moved. The line 9 stop in the direction of Union Grande Halle is brought back a few meters downstream, at the François Verdier stop. The Boulbonne stop on line 9 has been removed.
Like many people interviewed, Naséra would ignore this pedestrianization project. “It’s a good idea but when it comes back to school, it’s not fun. Comment, will it last two years? Luckily we have legs! “We are fed up with all these changes! The bus stops change, the metro is constantly under construction, we’re fed up! “, annoys Marie-Françoise, a resident of the Union.
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On the merchant side, opinions differ. Stéphane, manager of the Bebop Café, is delighted with the end of bus traffic. ” It’s great ! there will be no more noise, no more spitting. Often, those who took the bus sat at our terrace and waited without ordering anything. I won’t miss it at all! Pedestrianization does not worry the shopkeeper. And for good reason: he decided to sell his business.
A few meters away, on the same sidewalk, the discourse is quite different.
“After the work, it will no doubt be good, but it will last two years, it will be hell! This is also why many neighbors have sold their businesses, ”worries Benmahmoud, manager of the fast-food La rose blanche.
Nelly, manager of the Biodivin wine shop, at the corner of rue du Rempart Saint-Étienne, prefers to wait before deciding. “When the street is pedestrianized, we will no doubt be more visible, but when there are works, it will be difficult to attract customers. It will also be a hassle when delivering wine boxes…” Philippe, manager of the Maison Boyer butcher shop, thinks that making the street accessible to pedestrians and bicycles is a good thing. “We criticized it but the pedestrianization of avenue Alsace Lorraine worked well. On a need to modernize the district. »