After years of discussion, the river shuttle project between the Vaise and the Confluence is taking shape in Lyon. A real link integrated into the transport network must replace the Vaporetto operated by Yachts de Lyon since 2012 with a schedule of 7 a.m.
to 9 p.m., a capacity of 70 to 90 people per boat and the possibility of transporting bicycles. All for the price of a metro ticket and an investment of 12 million euros. But there remains the question of seasonality, while winter floods of the Saône are frequent and the current Vaporettos only run from April to October. For the moment, studies have ruled out the possibility. of a shuttle on the Rhône. But a drop of water on the scale of 500 million of the entire network is a drop that could make small ones, as the exploitation of the two Lyon waterways comes up repeatedly in recent political proposals. And the latter mentions attendance forecasts, estimated at 560,000 trips per year.