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60 Millions de Piétons is a non-governmental association that operates at the national level. Created in 1959 under the name “The Rights of the Pedestrian – For a more humane city”. It took the name “60 Millions de Pétons” in 2018. 60 Millions de Piétons is an association governed by the law of 1901 that aims to represent pedestrians both at the national level and at the local level through its local correspondents and its local member associations. The association also aims to act specifically in the city of Paris, our capital.
It is run by a team of volunteers from diverse backgrounds who have acquired skills and expertise as pedestrian users. The organisation acts at the highest level (ministries, parliamentarians, senators) and intervenes on the ground in support of its local correspondents and local member associations with the objective of making sure that pedestrian culture is in the minds of decision-makers and developers and that the pedestrian is taken into account as a priority in mobility decisions.
Mission and Vision
- An impetus from the State through a national plan in favour of walking with human and financial resources to implement it
- Mandatory “ Pedestrian Plans ”, integrated into mobility plans.
- Taking into account travel on foot in town planning documents and development projects.
- Updating road and public space accessibility plans (PAVE)
- The appointment of PEDESTRIAN representatives in neighbourhoods whose mission is to develop a pedestrian culture, to listen to pedestrian complaints and deal with them, and to request safety audits of future or existing pedestrian facilities.
- The elimination of discontinuities in pedestrian paths and the effects of cuts due to major infrastructures (roads, railways and rivers).
- The protection of sidewalks banning the parking and circulation of four- and two-wheelers, including bicycles and scooters.
- “Comfort of the sidewalks” – sidewalks without obstacles such as trash cans or terrace extensions for seating, sufficient width to pass each other, smooth and non-slip surface, etc.
- Preventing pedestrian accidents through safety audits of pedestrian crossings, improving sidewalk lighting, and calming traffic by creating real meeting zones.