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On the Paris ring road, at the Porte de Vincennes, on December 9, 2019. JACQUES DEMARTHON / AFP

In France, while the strike and blockades in transport continue against the pension reform, more and more workers are opting for carpooling.

On the Parisian ring road, vehicles are now running at a pace. More than 600 kilometers of traffic jams were recorded Monday morning on the roads of Ile-de-France because of the strike in transport . Then motorists adopt the system D. Usually only in their car, the drivers are now numerous to be accompanied by several passengers.

This is the case of Julien, met Porte de Vincennes, east of the capital. " I have two colleagues who did not have a means of transport, I went to pick them up in Bobigny and Drancy. It took almost three hours to do fifteen kilometers, he tells the microphone of our reporter, Pierre Olivier . It's hard. "

Against bad luck good heart

Despite considerable travel time lengthened by these uncommon traffic jams that form at the approach of Paris, some are against bad luck good heart and prefer to remember the positive aspects of carpooling. " It's not a financial question, it's just a question of sharing. I hope it will come back, "says a motorist.

Others feel that they have no choice whether to carpool or not. " Either we do like that, or we close shop or we reduce the quality of what we do, we reduce our capacity. It will hurt us , "fears the restaurant owner who is on the road with his chef. In the opinion of carpoolers interviewed, this system D could still work a few days, before a feeling of fed-up takes over.

Still disturbances

But the disturbances may still be prolonged. While the government consults all the way to make the final adjustments to its pension reform project which he must submit details Wednesday, the unions announced a new day of mobilization on Tuesday. At the SNCF, only 20% of TGV and Transilien, and three regional trains out of ten, should circulate.

RATP announces that the strike is renewed " at least until Wednesday ." Ten metro lines will be closed, only lines 1, 14 and Orlyval will run normally. The RER A will operate at a rate of one train out of two and the RER B at a rate of one train out of three.