France plans to introduce congestion pricing

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France plans to make it easier for cities to introduce congestion pricing in a bid to reduce traffic jams and air pollution, the transport minister said on Thursday.

Elisabeth Borne said a draft law on mobility is now being vetted by the state council and will be presented to parliament next month. The new law will allow cities to introduce urban tolls and set limits on how much they can charge.

“Urban tolls will be part of the new mobility law, which will provide tools for local authorities to respond to mobility challenges on their territory,” Borne told reporters at the Autonomy mobility conference.

France created a legal framework for urban tolls a decade ago, but it was so restrictive that no cities have used them.

France 24

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