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Pedestrianised Marseille « La voie est libre »!

Sunday 23rd November 2025
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Who hasn’t dreamt of a quiet stroll along our beautiful Corniche Kennedy? Well, it’s possible! Come and enjoy a car-free Sunday! Just the sound of the waves and the gabians! It’s a great way to reclaim our Marseilles coastline. So get out your trainers, bikes and rollerblades and let’s get ready for another edition of “La voie est libre”!

Published on 18 November 2025

Where and how?

The next edition of“La Voie est Libre” will be held on Sunday 23 November, from 10am to 5pm. It’s a day to take it easy on the traffic, enjoy the sunshine and reclaim public space .

The pedestrian route will stretch along the Corniche Kennedy, between the Catalans and Talabot beaches.

Toilets and information points will be available all along the route, for the comfort and well-being of everyone. A host of cultural, sporting, fun and musical activities will be on offer for young and old alike. Scooters, bicycles, tandems, rosalies and even triplettes will be available on a self-service basis to enhance the walk.

And if you’re feeling peckish, there will be several foodtrucks on hand to satisfy every appetite. You’ll also enjoy festive strolls, a variety of music and a friendly atmosphere to keep you in a good mood all day long!

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    For motorists

    For those of you travelling by car, don’t worry! Diversions will be in place for the duration of these special measures to ensure that everything goes smoothly! These measures do not apply to emergency vehicles.

    Parking and traffic measures

      • Parking

        Parking will be prohibited

        From 20/11/2025 at 9.30pm to 24/11/2025 at 11pm
        Corniche Kennedy :
        – On all the parking spaces in the area around no. 397,
        – On the odd-numbered side, for 20 m from chemin du Vallon-de-l’Oriol

        From 22/11/2025 at 8am to 24/11/2025 at 12pm
        Corniche Kennedy :
        – Place Paul Ricard in its entirety
        – Car park opposite Villa Gaby
        – Parking de l’Hélice (Mémorial des Rapatriés d’Algérie) in its entirety
        – Square Danjaume in its entirety

        From 22/11/2025 at 9.30pm to 23/11/2025 at 11pm
        Corniche Kennedy:
        – Parking du Marégraphe in its entirety
        – Car park du Prophète in its entirety
        – Between avenue Talabot and rue Capitaine-Dessemond, on both sides
        – Between avenue du Colonel-Sérot and avenue Talabot on both sides

        Traverse Sainte-Hélène
        – Between rue Pierre Mouren and Corniche Kennedy, both sides

        Promenade George-Pompidou
        – Between avenue du Colonel-Sérot and rue du Commandant Rolland, on both sides

        Rue Félix Frégier
        – Between Corniche Kennedy and no. 7. On 10 regulated parking spaces.

      • Traffic

        Traffic will be prohibited: On 23/11/2025 from 7 am to 6 pm

        On the Corniche Kennedy between :
        – Promenade Georges Pompidou and Avenue Talabot and in this direction
        – Avenue Talabot and Rue du Commandant Dessemond

        On Traverse Pey between :
        – Boulevard Bompard and Corniche Kennedy
        Rue Pierre Mouren between :
        – Rue d’Endoume and Corniche Kennedy
        On the Promenade Georges Pompidou between :
        – Rue du Commandant Rolland and Corniche Kennedy and in this direction.

        Diversions will be set up.
        Traffic will only be authorised for vehicles involved in organising the event, access to local residents’ garages, emergency and home medical care vehicles , bicycles and scooters.

        For local residents: Sunday 23 November from 7am to 6pm.
        Traffic will be restricted to two-way traffic by authorised personnel, exclusively for the vehicles listed above.
        -Traverse Sainte-Hélène between rue Pierre-Mouren and Corniche Président JF-Kennedy.

        PRM parking at the entrance to the pedestrian zone on the Talabot side.
        Corniche Kennedy between rue du Colonel-Sérot and avenue Talabot (electric buggies will make it easier to get around along the route).

        – 7am>8.30am – Securing the pedestrian zone
        – 10am>5pm – The way is clear
        – 5pm>6pm – Progressive reopening of traffic lanes