[sustran] Mobility, Democracy and Politics: Interview with Monsieur le Maire

[eric britton]

MOBILITY, DEMOCRACY AND POLITICS: INTERVIEW WITH MONSIEUR LE MAIRE

What's happening on the new mobility scene in France in 2011? Here you have,
in French but with good subtitles, an interview by one of the outstanding
political innovators in the field of sustainable transport policy and
practice in France. Roland Ries is serving his second term as mayor of
Strasburg, and at the same time heads up the national transport political
group GART <http://www.gart.org/> . He also, by the way, as a member of the
French Senate drafted the law defining carsharing in France, thus opening up
a part of the way to more and better carsharing nation-wide. Spend three
minutes with this short video to get a feel for what the leading edge in
France is thinking and doing about transport in cities. You will quickly see
that this is a world-level message. Play it for your mayor and talk to her
about it.

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