No buses to Lyon City Hall: Bruno Bernard responds to Jean-Michel Aulas

On Monday, October 27, via a Facebook post, Jean-Michel Aulas deplored the lack of buses serving, with direct access, the Lyon City Hall. The candidate for mayor of Lyon took the opportunity to take a dig at his environmentalist opponents: "in the past, we had buses that guaranteed this service to everyone" , concluding with what can be described as an electoral promise, "let's bring common sense back to our city" . This tackle launched by the former OL boss follows the launch of a citizens' petition demanding "the restoration of direct bus access to the Lyon City Hall" , after the changes to bus routes and the removal of direct access to the City Hall by bus due to the implementation of the limited traffic zone (ZTL) in Presqu'Ile. The petition has, to date, collected 550 signatures.

The statement by candidate Jean-Michel Aulas caused Bruno Bernard, president of the Lyon Metropolitan Area, who is also president of Sytral Mobilités, the Lyon public transport authority, to jump. The Green mayor immediately and harshly reprimanded the former OL president via a LinkedIn post.

Bruno Bernard explains that "no one is deprived of access to the city center" going so far as to list the names of the lines (C13, C18, S1, S6, C23, 9, 59, A32, A71).

"This proposal would primarily amount to destroying two new pedestrian zones: Rue Serlin, which is currently being redeveloped to be planted and calmed, and Rue de la République, which has been pedestrianized since June and is already very busy. It would also ignore the results of the Presqu'île consultation, which brought together several thousand residents: 55% chose more pedestrianization, compared to 33% who were opposed."

Like Jean-Michel Aulas, the president of the Metropolis did not hesitate to address a tackle to his opponent. "Two visions clash: that of going backwards, and that of a peaceful, breathable city turned towards the future," concluded the elected official.