Should We Keep Building Roads? The Case of the Montpellier West Bypass

As climate challenges force us to rethink how we get around, investing in new road infrastructure seems to be part of an outdated paradigm.
The Montpellier West Bypass project illustrates this dilemma: meeting immediate needs while increasing our dependence on cars, or fully committing to a sustainable transition. Should we still be building roads in 2025?

Speakers:

• François Mirabel – Professor of Economics
  Associate Professor, former dean of the Faculty of Economics, and professor of economics at the University of Montpellier. Specialist in transportation and energy economics.
• Mathias Reymond – Associate Professor
  Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Montpellier and co-director of Acrimed. Specialist in the economics of transportation and media.
• Céline Scornavacca – Representative of the Autrecom collective
  Member of the Autrecom citizens’ collective and Vélocité Montpellier. Research Director at the CNRS.
• Hugo Arnichand – Member of the Shifters
  Co-representative of the Shifters Languedoc-Roussillon. General engineer specializing in energy and the environment.