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The Paris car-sharing system closes on Tuesday night, but towns in the small and big crowns denounce a unilateral decision by the Paris mayor.
This is the end of Autolib 'service in the Paris region. Tuesday, July 31 at midnight, the gray cars can not be used anymore. The Syndicat Autolib 'Vélib' Métropole (SAVM), which gathers one hundred communes, voted at the end of June early termination of the contract with the Bolloré group, originally planned until 2023.
Twenty municipalities accuse the city hall of Paris, the majority shareholder of the union, took the decision alone to stop the fees, while the services were operating in 98 other municipalities. Fronding mayors, like Philippe Brillot, the mayor of Chesnay (Yvelines), are trying to save the service. "Why abandon a system that works?" Paris does not want more? And well why, small and large crown, we could not restart? It is enough simply to press the button " , Assures the elected.
Town halls will file administrative appeals to try to block this decision. They also offer solutions to keep the car-sharing system operating in the suburbs. Philippe Brillot said he had discussions with "the group Bolloré who is interested.He today he has more than 3 000 cars in a parking lot that are useless.If you go to Paris, is it that we could make a partnership with private car parks? " rather than parking on Autolib 'terminals that will no longer be usable.
The Autolib' brand will disappear, while waiting for the fate of the 'Bluecars' is not totally sealed. The Bolloré group claims for its part 250 million euros to Autolib 'Vélib' metropolis in compensation
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