Tag: smart cities
“A massive rebalancing of public infrastructure towards small and medium-sized towns must be undertaken”
LHousing policies combine negative results: the cost of housing has increased from 20% to more than 30% income of the majority of tenants and first-time buyers, while waiting times for…
international interconnections, key tools for the energy transition in Europe
Almost a fortieth full member in the Europe of Electricity. At 1er January 2024, the European Association of Electricity Transmission System Operators (Entso-e) will admit as such the Ukrainian company…
In Montpellier, public transport becomes free from Thursday evening
It is one of the largest European communities engaged in such an approach. From Thursday evening, December 21, public transport will be free for the 500,000 inhabitants of the Montpellier…
Paralympic equipment designed to last
The Olympic aquatic center in Saint-Denis, which will host several events during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, was built to facilitate accessibility for athletes and the public with disabilities. This…
“Sport is a catalyst for social cohesion”
Mathieu Hanotin, mayor of Saint-Denis (Seine-Sgaint-Denis), one of the territories where the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place, and Arnaud Robinet, mayor of Reims (Marne), city which hosts the…
Paris City Hall intends to limit the maximum speed to 50 km/h, despite opposition from the government
Standoff around the ring road. Paris City Hall intends to reduce the speed on this road which surrounds the capital from 70 km/h to 50 km/h, despite the government’s opposition,…
In Paris North-East, the project for a 27-hectare “urban park”
Among the 300 new hectares of green spaces that Paris City Hall aims to make accessible to the public by 2040, as displayed in the future local urban plan (PLU),…
the Paris Region Institute fears for its independence
The headquarters of the Institut Paris Région, in Paris, June 13, 2023. MAGALI COHEN/HANS LUCAS When, at the turn of the 2010s, the future Greater Paris metro was torn between…
Narbo Via, Narbonne Roman museum
Narbo Via, the museum of Romanity, in Narbonne, in April 2023. MARY GAUDIN FOR “M LE MAGAZINE DU MONDE” You are in front of Narbo Via, the regional museum of…
“Zero artificialization” of soils, an imperative and a challenge to regain control of urbanization
Laurent Wauquiez walked on velvet, at the end of September, boldly announcing to some 400 rural mayors gathered in a conference in Alpe-d’Huez (Isère) to have decided that the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes…
Paris wants to limit speed on the ring road to 50 km/h after the Olympic and Paralympic Games
The ring road at Porte d’Orléans, in Paris, in May 2020. THOMAS SAMSON / AFP The speed will be limited to 50 kilometers per hour (km/h) from September 14, 2024…
“Let’s give mayors the power to act”
Urban violence, pension reform, fight against Covid-19… Faced with emergencies, the State has gotten into the habit of calling on municipalities for help. In the aftermath of the riots [à…