- Since September, transportation for Parisians aged 4 to 11 is free.
- 31,556 children benefit from this measure, according to the Paris city hall .
- For certain elected representatives of the opposition, the announcement of free admission for those under 18 is "a scoop for electoral purposes".
She is not yet officially a candidate, but the first proposals fall. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo will offer free public transport for those under 18 in Paris if she is re-elected in March, her first deputy Emmanuel Grégoire announced in the Journal du Dimanche . “One of the great markers of the mandate is the change of paradigm on mobility. This is why Anne Hidalgo will announce the extension of free public transport for all Parisians under the age of 18. "
"This measure, which we have worked with the Parisian communists, will be implemented in the coming months if the Parisians decide to continue with us," he added, adding that this proposal would consist of "a Navigo card free, without advance to pay ”. Last year, around the same time, when wishing for 2019, the city councilor already announced free transport measures. For what assessment?
31,556 children benefit from 160,000
"Following the report I requested on free transport, I made the decision with my majority to carry out a real" big bang "of the pricing of transport in Greater Paris," said Anne Hidalgo. From then on, in September 2019, transportation becomes free for Parisians under 11 years of age. Around 160,000 young people are potentially affected by this system, while the current price of the Imagine R subscription for children in kindergarten or primary school is 350 euros. A few months after its entry into force, 31,556 children benefit from this “recent” measure, it was said at the town hall contacted by 20 Minutes.
Last year, Anne Hidalgo also decided that the free provision for adults with disabilities would be extended to minors and that as of last school year, the Imagine R card would be reimbursed up to 50% for schoolchildren and children. students. Or 31,274 young people out of around 135,000 young Parisians, always according to recent figures from the Paris city hall. So many free measures already taken, which make some say in the opposition that the recent announcement of free transport for those under 18, is a "scoop for electoral purposes".
"Let's not be fooled"
"Let us not be fooled, this free trompe l'oeil is more akin to an electoral scoop than a real revolution for the purchasing power of Parisian families, who already benefit from total free transport for children up to 11 years old and the 75% coverage of the Navigo pass by the Ile-de-France region and the City of Paris for young people from 11 to 18 years old. This campaign promise therefore consists ultimately in funding the remaining 25% of the Navigo pass for Parisian middle and high school students, ”says Eric Azière, president of the UDI-MoDem group of the Paris Council.
According to him, "these effects of announcement, a few weeks before the municipal elections, silence the real difficulties which the current majority has failed to tackle, and which the next municipal team will have to work to resolve, namely the desaturation of public transport during rush hour, and an effective policy to fight pollution ”.
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