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Is free public transport possible?

2020-09-22T13:08:46.157Z


VERIFICATION - After Niort, Dunkirk and around twenty cities in France, Montpellier has opted for free public transport on weekends. Could this movement spread more widely?


THE QUESTION.

This is the trend of the moment, all political labels combined: free public transport.

After cities of less than 20,000 inhabitants, it was Niort and especially Dunkirk who opted for this formula.

Read also: In Paris, Anne Hidalgo opens a new front against public transport

With for this northern city, a very positive result: an increase in attendance and above all an increase in the turnover of downtown merchants.

But, with the metropolis of Montpellier, we change dimension.

Could free transport be generalized?

CHECKS.

It was one of the campaign promises of Michael Delafosse, the new mayor of Montpellier: to make public transport free during the weekend.

It is done.

And this is a first in France, at least for an agglomeration of more than 300,000 inhabitants.

Without causing a tidal wave in transport, this measure resulted in a 10% increase in attendance.

Initiated by cities of less than 20,000 inhabitants

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Source: lefigaro

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