Should we increase the supply of transport between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.?
In any case, this is the wish of Ile-de-France transport users.
Several of them say that the cars of certain lines were "crowded", in particular Saturday and Sunday evening.
To read also: Curfew after 9 p.m.: what consequences in public transport?
“
Sunday evening I took the RER A and metro 7 to go to Paris around 7:30 pm to 8 pm.
It was full of people!
We were all glued to each other so no social distancing was respected,
”explains Samuel, 20 years old.
Same impression for Alexandre, 25 years old.
“
Saturday evening, I left Saint-Michel station around 8:15 pm.
I took line 4 which was crowded.
People pushed each other to get into the trains and some were forced to stay at the platform to wait for the next metro.
The metro also came to a stop for a few moments to regulate traffic,
”he says.
Before continuing: “
Then I took a Transilien from line N. Passengers were standing in the aisles, which is quite exceptional.
I only see it going in times of strikes usually
”.
Tweets on social networks also report a heavy crowd in the metro just before the time of the curfew.
Others are calling for more trainsets in circulation.
Even if it cannot be generalized to all lines, the phenomenon is confirmed by some federations of users.
“With
the curfew
, returns are less spread out over time so there are more people between 8pm and 9pm.
We have had several testimonials from people who have noticed overloads.
It would be a good thing to strengthen the service in this niche, ”
explains
Marc Pelissier
to
Figaro
, president of the National Federation of Associations of Transport Users (Fnaut) Île-de-France.
Upcoming discussions
Decisions could be taken in the coming days.
“We will be consulting user associations on the subject at the end of the week.
There is a bottleneck between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Perhaps the adaptation of the offer could thus consist in putting back more buses between 8 pm and 9 pm ”,
indicated this Wednesday Valérie Pécresse, president of the region Île-de-France and Île-de-France Mobilités.
She also said that there was
"no question of touching the offer of transport at the end of the evening".
Reducing the hourly amplitude of transport in circulation is therefore not on the agenda.
As for the RATP, we are not very talkative about a potential strengthening of transport between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.
For the company, it still seems too early to say more.
"The numbers of attendance are being consolidated,"
we are told.
Apple's mobility trends reports show that requests for routes for public transport in Île-de-France are currently above a reference volume dating from January 13, 2020.
The route requests for public transport are currently higher than Apple's “normal” (screenshot).
Without a doubt, the question of strengthening the transport offer will arise more acutely at the end of the All Saints holidays, when many Ile-de-France residents will be back in Île-de-France.
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