Roads in the Île-de-France region were twice as crowded as usual on Friday in the early evening, with nearly 600 kilometers of traffic jams. On the second day of mobilization against the pension reform, traffic had already peaked that morning, with 350 kilometers of accumulated traffic jams.

The roads of Paris and its region were particularly saturated Friday in the early evening, the second day of the strike in transport against the pension reform, with nearly 600 km of accumulated traffic jams, double the usual average.

A number well beyond the "exceptional" values

Around 6 pm, the Sytadin road information site recorded some 580 km of traffic jams, a figure far beyond the values ​​considered "exceptional" for this rush hour, ie 450 km.
Friday morning, the roads of Île-de-France had already experienced an exceptional peak of congestion, with 350 kilometers accumulated shortly before 8 am due to the paralysis of public transport linked to the mobilization against the pension reform, according to this site which depends on the Direction of roads Île-de-France (DiRIF).

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Thursday, the first day of the protest against the reform of pensions and disruptions, road traffic had remained very calm around Paris. Slightly above average before 7 am, it had then dropped to very low levels to flirt all morning with a mere twenty kilometers of traffic jams only. Excluding external events (bad weather, strikes, demonstrations, etc ...), the record dates back to October 8, 2019 with 628 km of traffic jams recorded shortly after 9 am.

The absolute record is located at 739 km of caps reached on February 6, 2018 in Ile-de-France shortly before 19:30 due to heavy snowfall.