Lille Metropole is currently renewing its mobility strategy for the next 10 years and the emphasis will be put on decarbonizing transport, following the new Sustainable and smart mobility strategy published by the European Union in December 2020, while ensuring accessibility for all.
In order to achieve this vision and make transport more sustainable, Lille Metropole decided to implement two new steps at the same time. A restrictive low emission zone (LEZ) alongside a massive €2 billion investment plan for short and long-term public transport infrastructure and services, were both approved on the same day in June 2019.
Five new tramway lines will be created to connect popular districts with subway stations. In addition, high-level service buses will be deployed to connect areas on the outskirts of the city. For the busiest lines, trams and buses with the capacity to transport a larger number of travellers will be provided and/or frequencies will be increased. Moreover, cross-border lines will be reinforced in readability and frequencies and new connections added. All based on a few guiding principles: support economic and urban development, ease access to the urban core from outside, and connection between outskirt areas so that no one is left behind by the LEZ. All those new infrastructure will be deployed between now and 2035.
The low-emission zone will include 11 of the most urban municipalities (Lille and neighbouring cities) among the 95 municipalities of the metropolitan territory. This represents 340,000 people and 60 km2 (compared with 25 km2 in Antwerp, 84 km2 in Paris for examples). The restrictions will be in place 24 hours per day, seven days per week to ease consistency and enforcement. Depending on further technical and political decisions, notably final discussion on implementation with local mayors of concerned municipalities, the LEZ should be operating by 2022.
A more detailed article on this strategy has been published by Lille Metropole in January 2020 on specialized transport and mobility networks such as POLIS and the urban mobility observatory, you can read it here.
News & Publications
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08/01/2021Recovering dredged canal sediments for public worksSEDIMEL, an innovative ERDF funded project which experiments the recovery of sediments as new raw materials for public works, in a green and circular way. -
06/01/2021Accelerating Lille Metropole digital transitionIn the view to nurture its strategy, Lille Metropole invited Khalil ROHANNA, deputy Director General at DG CNCT, to share insights in the new european digital policies, during the ICC Launch event. -
06/01/2021POC Awards: World Design Capital 2020The best design projects during Lille Metropole’s World design capital 2020 were rewarded during the POC awards. -
29/12/2020Large investment plan for public transportationTo decarbonize public transport and ensure accessibility for all, Lille Metropole will be investing more than 2 billion euros in the next 10 years to develop public transport infrastructures. -
29/12/2020ViaID, a business accelerator for mobility start-upsBased in Lille Metropole, ViaID has supported numerous successful mobility start-ups to develop in France and worldwide. -
11/12/2020Cycling boomCycling was growing in Lille Metropole at a rapid pace (+67% between 2015 and 2018) in the recent years but since June 2020, it has been booming. -
11/12/2020Raising awareness of children on ecomobility and safety🚲 🛴 🏃 Lille Metropole has produced a booklet « on the road to school » for children from 6 to 10 years old in order to help raise their awareness on ecomobility and road safety. -
11/12/2020Picto access: in favour of an inclusive mobility for allSince 2018, Lille Metropole has been partnering with Picto Access to promote the accessibility of public spaces and buildings. -
13/11/2020The “Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities project”, led by the city of Lille, wins a Regiostars awardThe SHICC, an Interreg North-West Europe project, led by the city of Lille, won the 2020 Regiostars award in the category “Citizens’ engagement for cohesive cities”. -
13/11/2020The winners of the Circular Fashion Awards 2020The Circular Fashion Awards ceremony took place on October 16th, during an online ceremony attended by 1500 people, revealing the 9 rewarded projects -
13/11/2020Conference on tackling energy povertyOn Monday 19th of October, Lille Metropole in collaboration with Brussels-Capital Region, Ghent, Vienna and Greenovate Europe organized a conference on cities policies tackling energy poverty. -
13/11/2020World Design Capitals’ declaration for design-led transition in citiesThe World Design Capitals and the partners of Lille Metropole agree on a joint declaration in favor of the transformation of our territories and public policies through design.
