Country of Savoy. Annecy, 6th city in France with the most carpooling
There are little bits of information that raise eyebrows. ” Take ? Annecy is the sixth city where we carpool the most in France? » The figure, number ofa study of the Klaxit carpooling application (which has not reflected Paris), one to amaze. With 6,331 journeys in February, the capital of Haute-Savoie ranks 6and just behind Toulouse (6,996 trips), Nantes (7,335), Montpellier (7,396), Angers (7,968) and Rouen (11,766).
For Annecy users like Mégane, Lucie, or Marta, who travel to cities that are nevertheless served by the SNCF, such as Lyon or Chambéry, carpooling is the best alternative to public transport, which is considered too expensive and not efficient enough.
The train, “longer and more expensive”
Mégane, who lives near the station, carpools from Annecy at least every other weekend, and often every weekend, to get to Chambéry or sometimes to Lyon or Geneva. For her, carpooling makes it possible to avoid the train, even to get to Chambéry. “The train is horrible! They have to pick me up when I arrive… And it’s longer than by car! Between 45 minutes and one hour at the same price, the choice is quickly made…”
“Me, says Marta, 26, I take a carpool to go to Geneva airport. It’s more reliable than Flixbus, and cheaper than the train. And there are many more timetables with Blablacar than with buses or trains. Note that the Annecy-Switzerland route is the most popular route in France.
Lucie, meanwhile, makes an Annecy-Lyon at least once a month. “I do it because it’s shorter than by train, cheaper and also more fun. »
More carpooling in Albertville than in Grenoble
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ranks fourth with 16,116 journeys. Annecy obviously ranks first. Next, in Savoie, Chambéry (1,756 journeys) in third place and Albertville (1,030) in fifth position. That is more than Grenoble which nevertheless has ten times more inhabitants.