Angers Loire Métropole inhabitants must get ready to the decrease of parking facilities

Angers Loire Métropole has published on December 19th a survey about the ways choosen by the inhabitants to move. The first record is agglomeration inhabitants are moving more and more : about one million travels takes place daily in the area. The most important increase is located in the villages of the second ring (+40% since 1998), a phenomena due to urban spread. If the use of individual cars is stagnating, the survey notices a surprising fact. In spite of the implementation of the tramway, the proportion of collective modes of transportation in the total of the moves is declining. 

The explanations given by Angers Loire Métropole to the figures of moves reveal what kind of measures the authority could implement to change the behaviour of inhabitants. Regarding the car parking, Angers Loire Métropole considers that "the easiness to park stimulates the use of cars". So, logically, the authority and its members may choose to reduce the car parking facilities in the years to come. If that becomes true, it will not please Angers retail store owners.

But these will not be alone because one half of Angers Loire Métropole inhabitants moves are linked to the work and the studies. Employees and students may face more difficulties in the years to come. The survey brings also informations about the daily average time travellers dedicate to their movings : 52 mn and almost the three quartiers of the movings within Angers Loire Métropole go throughout Angers.