Question 4086 — transportation

Summary

Ms. Claire Lejeune draws the attention of the Minister of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, Sea and Fisheries to the implementation of low-emission zones (ZFE), imposed by Law No. 2021-1104 on the fight against climate change and strengthening resilience to its effects (known as the “climate and resilience” law). The establishment of EPZs should have had sufficient incentive as a corollary households to consider converting to a cleaner vehicle, as well as a substantial densification of the public transport network. However, the Government's objectives established for the end of 2024 were not achieved, with France having recorded a drop in sales of electric cars of 24.4%, the metropolitan RERs not being ready and the public transport network being largely underfunded. Indeed, despite the various aids for the electrification of the automobile fleet, the purchase of an electric vehicle remains inaccessible for the working classes and middle-income households. The remaining cost for the purchase of a new car and the installation of a charging station can vary between 10,000 and 40,000 euros depending on the model. As a result, the most precarious households face contradictory injunctions. Those residing in the territories rural and peri-urban areas and who are forced to use the car for their travel must equip themselves with a low-emission vehicle, even though the market is inaccessible to them. There are currently 12 million private or professional Crit'Air 3, 4, 5 vehicles in circulation, of which 36% of owners declare that they will be unable to convert to an electric vehicle due to fault. of budget. Behind this percentage, dramatic social situations are emerging: citizens will be forced to risk a fine simply to go to work. This unpreparedness of the State, as well as the setbacks on public transport budgets and aid for the purchase of an electric vehicle, will introduce massive inequalities in terms of the right to mobility. Mobility insecurity will explode. It is indeed the principle of equality, the foundation of the Republic, which is at stake. While waiting for mobility solutions allowing these households to reduce the use of private cars for their daily journeys, aid for conversion to a cleaner vehicle must on the contrary be increased. This delay in the electrification of the automobile fleet and the development of public transport will have a social, health and considerable ecological impact for the territories concerned and the inhabitants who reside there. Also, she asks her how she intends to guarantee that the working and middle classes are not collateral victims of the establishment of EPZs due to the inadequacies of the State.

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