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Valérie Pécresse: “There will always be an excuse not to open Parisian buses to competition”

2023-01-10T16:25:42.676Z


INTERVIEW – For the president of the Île-de-France region and Île-de-France Mobilités, the RATP is a failing monopoly.


The president of the Île-de-France region and IDFM (Île-de-France Mobilités) maintains that the opening to competition in buses in Paris and in the first ring must take place as planned on January 1, 2025, unlike what Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, asks.

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- Will you open up to competition in buses in Paris on January 1, 2025?

Valerie PECRESSE.

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I am in favor of it first of all because it is beneficial for travellers.

Opening up to competition in all sectors brings a better offer at a better price.

Moreover, this competitive public service delegation system is successfully applied everywhere: in the provinces (Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, etc.) but also internationally.

In addition, it would be unfair for operators to have seen the RATP arrive on their bus network in the outer suburbs, where we have made this opening up to competition, and that they cannot be candidates on the RATP bus network. in Paris.

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Source: lefigaro

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