The president of the Île-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse, on Tuesday called for "reinforcements" in law enforcement or security in stations to better filter transport users and enforce the distancing for deconfinement from Monday.
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"We need reinforcements from the police, reinforcements from security forces in stations to allow us to filter" users, said Valérie Pécresse in the program "C à Vous" on France 5. "Because if people come into the station, then we cannot enforce social distancing, ”she explained.
"It may be law enforcement - we found them at the time of the" yellow vests "- municipal forces, rescuers, firefighters," said the ex-LR president of Ile-de-France . "If we do not manage to limit flows upstream", Ms. Pécresse said she feared "the closure of lines and the closure of stations". "It would be very unfair because during the confinement we managed to close nothing."
Mandatory certification
The organization of deconfinement is crucial in a region as dense as the Île-de-France and particularly in the public transport used by 5 million travelers every day. Valérie Pécresse has already asked that telework employees “do not return to the office” the week of May 11.
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It also requests the State to make compulsory the attestation of the employers, that the employees must have on them in transport under penalty of fine. She also says that she is negotiating with companies so that the arrival at work "in the morning is spread out, in time bands".
While travelers must wear a mask, the region is working "with the RATP, the SNCF and the Optile buses" to ensure the disinfection of the trains.
