No more house arrest. From May 11, the French will regain the freedom to move ... but in a limited way. First because public transport, which had reduced their offer to 30%, will not go back to 100% from Monday. SNCF, RATP, Transdev or Keolis could not get there, between absent staff (babysitting or sick from Covid-19) and maintenance to be reinsured for equipment that has sometimes not been driven sufficiently for two months .
"The local transport offer will be at least 50% from Monday, with the objective of returning to normal service in early June," said the Minister for Ecological Transition, Elisabeth Borne. There will therefore be at least one TER (regional train) in two. In Toulouse, 75% of trams and buses will operate; in Lyon, 85% of metros. But it is in the Paris region that the issue is crucial. 65% of home-work trips are made by public transport, much more than in the provinces where use
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