The drop in “effective” speed on nitrogen dioxide, “negligible on fine particles”, according to Respire

While Valérie Pécresse still denounces an “not effective measurement in environmental and anti -social matter”, the director general of the association Respire and administrator of Airparif is welcoming the results and pleads to “continue in the longest term”.

One year after lowering the speed on the Paris device at 50 km/h, “We breathe better on nitrogen dioxide”But it is “More negligible on fine particles”Analysis Wednesday October 1 Tony Renucci, the director general of the association Respire and administrator of Airparif, on Here Paris Île-de-France (ex-France blue).

After a year of application, “We breathe better on a pollutant called nitrogen dioxide, which is a very irritating gas for respiratory health and in particular fragile people like children”, explains Tony Renucci. This is demonstrated by the Parisian Urban Planning Agency, the Apur who looked at all the pollution data from October to June.

“We see an average of 7% on nitrogen oxidesVerseduut Tony renews. It is however more negligible on the particles, in particular the fine particles where we do not have the same results “. According to the Director General of the association Respire, “It shows that the drop in speed is effective on nitrogen dioxide which is emitted mainly by road traffic. But it will not be the most suitable measure for particles”.

The apur has identified 14% less traffic jams on the device for a year. “Less trafficking, less vehicles in circulation more fluidification, and therefore less pollution. This is also how we get this drop in pollution”, The administrator of Airparif welcomes. “No notable difference on noise (…) an air quality impossible to seriously assess (…) users have lost 20 000 hours every day, 7.5 million hours a year “, contradicts the LR president of the Île-de-France region Valérie Pécresse, who opposes the Apur, Data from the barometer of the peripheral of the Paris Region Institute.

She always denounces a “Measuring not effective in environmental and anti -social matter”. Tuesday, September 21, she relaunched in plenary session of the regional council, her request to recover the management of the ring road. “The ring road is not a municipal ring road. It is an infrastructure of regional interest, vital for economic life and for millions of Ile -de -France”, justifies Valérie Pécresse.

“What must above all be understood is: is this measure necessary for public health ?, Tony Rearty. The figures we have, whether on pollution, on traffic jams, on noise pollution, on the drop in accidents, on the decline in the number of vehicles in circulation, gives results that are encouraging “The Director General of the association Respire and administrator of Airparif. He pleads for “Continue over the longest term”.

Airparif has just published a study in which it estimates the economic impact of air pollution in the Paris region at 28 billion euros per year. “It is the money that we could save so precisely we respect the regulations on air quality and therefore the economic impact”, he decrypts. Because pollution is “Health costs, the loss of productivity of employees, the loss of well-being of society that could be avoided” he continues. It is also “An impact on heritage, on agricultural activity”. It therefore shows that “If we respect the regulations, if we take these measures, we will even be able to earn money rather than losing them”Concludes Tony Renucci.