Lyon in zone 30: less accidents, but is speed really the key?

Grégory Doucet and Bruno Bernard could have a smile this Monday morning. Under the spring sun, the edile of Lyon and the president of the Métropole had given an appointment to the press place Danton, in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, to draw up a new assessment, three years after its establishment, of the Ville 30 device, that the municipality [...] The article "Undoubted effects": all the lights are green for the device Ville 30 in the Métropo…

On the occasion of the three years of the 30 km hour changeover in Lyon, the elected representatives took a positive note pointing to a decrease in the number of accidents.

Over the past three years, almost all of Lyon's streets (84%) have gone up to 30 km/h. A system praised by elected environmentalists for its effects on road safety. While the figures show a sharp decrease in accidents, other factors also seem to play a role in this trend.

The introduction of Tempo 30 on main roads is to be prohibited and made more difficult on quarter roads. This is what the Swiss parliament wants. It has accepted a corresponding advance by Peter Schilliger, Lucerne's FDP National Council and President of the TCS section Waldstätte. «In a chaotic way» Schiller argues: «The hierarchy of the road network and functions of the various road types must be preserved in Switzerland.» At present, the spee…