Ile-de-France Mobilités will mobilize 1,400 clean buses for the 200,000 accredited people
Ile-de-France Mobilités (IDFM), responsible for transport in our region, wishes to meet the ambition of Paris 2024, which wants 100% of spectators to be able to get to the competition sites by public transport or in active mode.
IDFM detailed its collaboration with Paris 2024 on Wednesday at the European mobility fair, EuMoExpo.
More than a thousand buses for accredited people
Ile-de-France Mobilités will take care of a large part of the transport of the 200,000 people accredited on behalf of the organizing committee for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, which begins on July 28. UN ephemeral network of 1,400 own buses will be createdboth parties said.
The regional transport authority will take electric and biogas buses and cars from its Ile-de-France fleet. It will launch a call for tenders this summer in order to designate operators who will produce them during the summer of 2024 between the Olympic village, accommodation, press rooms, training places and stadiums, said its regional director Laurent Probst.
the organizing committee reimbursing IDFM for the establishment of this ephemeral network, which will be the size of that of Lyon.
These special buses for athletes, members of the organization and delegations, journalists, volunteers and service providers, will have “an obligation of regularity and punctuality“.
Paris 2024 will also claim 3,000 cars provided by Toyota, a partner of the International Olympic Committee, to transport personalities and serve as collective taxis.
A reinforced transport network to transport the public
For spectators, IDFM counts complete its network and charter additional buses to serve outlying sites.
There are about 100 million euros, supported by the institution, indicates the regional director of IDFM, Laurent Probst.
All scenarios have been studied, with “B-plans“in the event of infrastructure failures, said its services.
The objective is that all spectators likely to attend the Games by public transport.
To avoid too many cars on the sites, no nearby parking has been provided, indicate the organizers.