The Ile-de-France region signed on Wednesday, with the State, communities, employers, unions and transport operators, a charter aimed at smoothing peak hours in transport and keeping telework as much as possible in businesses, announced Valérie Pécresse.
Hearing before the Senate Committee on Regional Planning and Sustainable Development, the president of the regional council and of the transport authority Ile-de-France Mobilités, indicated that this charter aimed in particular to maintain a rate of teleworking on as high as possible, from the start of containment on May 11.
The companies "undertake to proscribe, as far as possible, the presence on site for teleworking activities the first week following the deconfinement", specifies the document of which AFP had a copy. It is signed by Ile-de-France Mobilités and the Region, Medef-IDF, CPME-IDF, U2P-IdF, unions CFDT and CFTC, RATP and SNCF Transilien, the regional prefect, the City of Paris and the association of mayors of Ile-de-France.
100% telework the first week
The charter, which covers the first three weeks of deconfinement, therefore provides for 100% teleworking to be maintained the first week, 90% the week of May 18 to 25, and 80% the week of May 25 to June 2, explained Ms. Pécresse. The text also provides for “the commitment to massively smooth peak hours,” she explained, with breakdowns of arrivals at the workplace between 5.30 am and 10.30 am, and returns between 3.30 pm and 7.30 pm.
The text also provides for the supply of compulsory masks for travelers. "Distributions of masks will be made in the first weeks by Ile-de-France Mobilités, the Region and any community which wishes to do so upstream of the transport networks", and "companies are invited (...) to ensure that they are equipped their employees ”.
Finally, the charter provides for the maintenance of an "employer certificate" indicating for each employee the hours at which he is authorized to return to his workplace, and which must be produced, at their request, to the control officers. But "the question of this employer certificate, its validity and its control", must still "be arbitrated by the State", "very quickly", explained Ms. Pécresse, indicating that he "needs reinforcements to filter entries in stations and stations ”.
Not a "giant traffic jam"
"We need reinforcements to filter entrances to stations and stations, because obviously, if we let too many people into the stations it will no longer be a question of enforcing the distance", noted the elected .
This rule reduces the capacity of public transport by around 80%. According to her, it is a question of avoiding that "Ile-de-France does not turn into a giant traffic jam" because of a too massive transfer to the automobile, and that lines must be closed for reason overload.
Ile-de-France Mobilités lost 1 billion euros due to the coronavirus crisis, said Pécresse. However, it does not intend to increase the rates, but has reiterated its request for reimbursement from the State, which has decided to contain them. She also asked him "at least 1.5 billion euros" for Ile-de-France transport in the future "major post-covid recovery plan".
If she welcomes and encourages the cycle paths that are currently traced to support deconfinement, Ms. Pécresse "wishes it to be reversible", with the possibility of assessing their real usefulness after the crisis, before possible sustainability.
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