Faced with the coronavirus health crisis and the restriction of travel caused by confinement, many cities are implementing free public transport or the reimbursement of subscriptions, both for French people stranded at home and for those who remain forced to go to their place of work. Sunday, in the columns of the Sunday Journal , the president of the Ile-de-France region Valérie Pécresse announced that transport subscriptions, Pass Navigo, would be reimbursed. And other measures have been announced in Lyon, Lille, and even Rennes.
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In Ile-de-France, like what had been put in place at the start of the year after the strike against the pension reform, Ile-de-France Mobilités will create a reimbursement platform which will open in early May , and will allow each subscriber, whether annual or monthly, to be credited to their bank account of 75.20 euros. And since in many cases the employer already covers 50% of the sum, Valérie Pécresse presents this as a boost for purchasing power.
In Rennes, the extended March subscription will be extended until the end of confinement
The same decision for full reimbursement was taken a few days ago in Lyon. "It also made it possible to consider that those who did not travel were not penalized and that those who moved because they are forced to work as caregivers, cashiers, could also benefit from this free service," explains at the microphone. from Europe 1 Fouziya Bouzerda, president of Sytral, the Lyon transport union.
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In Marseille, the subscription will be free in April. And in Occitania, the Region and the SNCF will systematically reimburse those who are obliged to travel. Same case in Lille, assures Keolis, whose network in Rennes will extend the subscription from March until the end of confinement.