Should we still be building roads? The case of the western bypass around Montpellier

As climate challenges force us to rethink how we get around, investing in new road infrastructure seems like an outdated way of thinking.
The Montpellier West Bypass project shows this dilemma: meeting immediate needs while making us more dependent on cars, or going all in on a sustainable transition. Should we still be building roads in 2025?

Speakers:

• François Mirabel – Professor of Economics
  Senior lecturer, former dean of the Faculty of Economics and professor of economics at the University of Montpellier. Specialist in transport and energy economics.
• Mathias Reymond – Senior Lecturer
  Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Montpellier, co-host of Acrimed. Specialist in transport and media economics.
• Céline Scornavacca – Representative of the Autrecom collective
  Member of the Autrecom citizen collective and Vélocité Montpellier. Director of research at the CNRS.
• Hugo Arnichand – Member of Shifters
  Co-delegate of Shifters Languedoc-Roussillon. General engineer specializing in energy and the environment.