Hopeful engine

Often, I hear this remark: “Faced with the ecological crisis, we are told to change. But how to live differently? A study published on September 8 by the VIES Mobile Forum awakens our out -of -breakdown. Its subject: transport, the first CO2 issuing sector in France.

Because the French do not want to have so much to have a car – which costs them on average 5,900 euros per year according to this think tank (reflection group) – as to be able to move for a local social life. However, for various reasons (age, health, etc.), a third of the population does not have the right to drive.

Through three types of departments (rural, intermediaries and “metropolized”), the study alternative system of mobility describes how the place of the car could be reduced in favor of active or collective transport modes much more accessible and frequent. And this, based on a very abundant resource: roads.

Our country indeed holds the European record for number of kilometers of bitumen per capita! 20 % of this wealth could be transformed into secure bikes. 23 %, while remaining accessible to motorists, would prioritize buses and buses with very regular hours.

A financial chasm? This alternative model would return five times cheaper to the nation than current with multiple hidden costs: pollution, accidents, maintenance of roads …

Imaging allows you to hope. You just have to find a new engine to advance in this direction.