• According to a study by the Society and Consumption Observatory (Obsoco) and the Chronos Institute unveiled in January and carried out between the two confinements, only a quarter of the French people questioned were traveling as before the crisis.

  • The preferred means of getting around are the bicycle and the car, individual modes of transport for fear of contamination for some.

  • If Nice is positioned at a better ranking compared to other cities where there is the most traffic jams, French Riviera motorists spend three more hours per month in traffic jams compared to 2018, according to a ranking of

    Autoplus 

    published ten days ago.

With the Covid-19 and the development of teleworking and online or local commerce, the ways of getting around have changed.

According to a study by the Society and Consumption Observatory (Obsoco) and the Chronos Institute unveiled in January and carried out between the two confinements, only a quarter of the French people questioned were traveling as before the crisis.

In general, the population has turned more to individual modes of transport with the top 3: walking, cycling and car.

In Nice, some of these trends are confirmed.

The car, the big winner?

Nice is one of the top 10 cities with the most traffic jams according to an

Autoplus 

ranking

published ten days ago. Even if it is in last position, motorists in the Côte d'Azur capital lose an average of 14:14 in traffic jams per month. This is three hours more than in 2018 according to data from the same study carried out each year. An increase which can be explained by the gradual end of teleworking and the fear of contamination in public transport, but also with "a lot of work everywhere", explained to BFMTV, François Tarrain, editor in chief of

Autoplus

about this prize list.

It should be noted however that, since the deployment of line 2 of the tramway at the end of 2019 and the establishment of the new public transport network, around 20,000 fewer vehicles pass on the Promenade des Anglais per day, observes the town hall.

Public transport shunned?

The ridership of the Lignes d'Azur network fell by 12% in September 2021 compared to September 2019, indicates the city.

According to her, this decrease is due, among other things, by "users who have not renewed their subscription because of the pandemic in order to limit their contacts, or with teleworking and distance courses".

The sale on board the buses was also suspended between March 16, 2020 and July 2, 2021, which may have slowed down some users.

The attraction for the little queen

The people of Nice are therefore turning more and more towards soft and sustainable mobility: cycling.

In 2019, the town's counters recorded an average of 2,452 passages per day at Boulevard Gambetta, on the Promenade des Anglais.

Two years later, at the same place, around 6,300 passages are recorded daily.

The increase in the use of this means of transport is also reflected in the rental of self-service bicycles.

For the device equipped with electric assistance, the town hall indicates between 600 and 800 rentals each day, when, a year ago, they amounted to a hundred.

It should be noted that the offer has been extended with 300 new e-Vélobleu and 150 which will be delivered "by the end of November".

Metropolitan projects

With the health crisis, Mayor Christian Estrosi had made a promise for the “next world”, Nice must become a cycling city, in particular with its objective of reaching 75 kilometers of tracks and “10% cycling modal share by 2026 ”. To do this, improvements have been promised because "most of the tracks created during the first confinement have been deleted", noted with

20 Minutes

, Hervé Andrés, active member of the Nice à Vélo association in November 2020.

“As sustainable mobility is a priority for the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolis, all the investments planned in this area have been made and will also be in the years to come,” said the community at the start of 2021. In addition to strengthening the network of cycle paths, it provides for the extension of tram line 1 in the Paillon valley, line 4 between Nice and Cagnes-sur-Mer as well as a high-level service bus (BHNS) on the Nice north axis -South.

Since July 1, it has also offered free access to the network for 18-25 year olds on weekends.

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