A commute from the small streets of Fontenay to Nation in Paris, I come across two very different modal filters in Montreuil and Vincennes, that prevent rat-running and calms traffic in residential areas. They happen to be very simple and don’t require heavy construction. A simple idea that can be easily copy-pasted where needed.
00:00 Fontenay-sous-Bois
02:17 Rue des Quatre Ruelles
03:06 Rue Colmet Lépinay
04:20 Modal Filter #1 / Montreuil
05:37 Rue de la Fédération
07:20 Vincennes – Avenue de la République
09:31 Montreuil – Rue Simone de Beauvoir
10:39 Vincennes – Rue des Laitières
12:55 Model Filter #2 / Vincennes
14:29 Porte de Vincennes
16:13 Avenue Courteline
17:28 Avenue de Saint-Mandé (Upper)
19:20 Outro — Boulevard de Picpus
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7 Comments
Montreuil fait peut-être de grands efforts sur ses grands axes à l'image de Gabriel Péri et c'est à féliciter ! Mais son réseau de petites rues ultra bitumée dédiées à 80% à la voiture gâche tout franchement… 😣
Il est plus que temps de retirer des places de stationnement pour agrandir les trottoirs et planter des arbres, c'est juste pas possible ! 🌳
6:21 je n'aurais pas dit mieux 😡
17:15
I like how all of the oncoming traffic is cutting into your bikelane, …not.
Toi aussi tu commences avoir du budget pour les figurants 😂 le Chronopost est incroyable
So what are the low cost modal filters (apart from oneway streets) ? badly maintained tarmac ?
Some steps in the right direction (re-villageing). Several good practices, special highlight to the constant chicaneing at the beginning of the video, to reduce speeds and increase focus. However, Paris still hasn't understood that Through Traffic elimination is the key to recover dead neighborhoods. Anywhere that's a "street" is a non place, therefore nobody wants to be there, and we, accordingly, observe a lack of habitability and inviteability. We live in a state that benefits from the the allienation created by these non places, and the fact that people are always either in a metal box or concrete box, in front of the tv idiot box. We are definitely governed by psychopaths, as a rule!