Ile-de-France Mobilités will offer from 1 September a "junior" pass. It will allow children aged 4 to 11 years to take all public transport in the region for 24 euros per year, announced on Monday its president, Valérie Pécresse. "Transport is free for children under 4, middle and high school students and students have the Imagine'R pass, workers have the Navigo Pass reimbursed at 50% by employers, and last year we implemented the Navigo Senior at 50% for retirees. Something was missing for kindergarten and elementary children, ”said Valérie Pécresse in an interview with Le Parisien .
The operation should cost around 30 million euros per year, Ile-de-France Mobilités counting, according to it, about 200,000 subscribers on 1.4 million children from 4 to 11 years living in the region. They could until now buy an Imagine'R subscription at 350 euros per year, too expensive. If the price is symbolic, the elected official - who also presides over the Ile-de-France region - does not want to "give in to the sirens of gratuity".
“We must respond to this injustice which means that the further we are, the more we pay. "
“Transport has value, so there has to be a gesture of purchase. It is a way to make young people aware of the importance of having a transport ticket and to fight against fraud ”, she stressed to the newspaper, responding in particular to the City of Paris which reimburses subscriptions for children Parisians. As nursery and elementary schools are close to the homes of families, children mainly take public transport "for leisure, cultural or sporting outings, Wednesdays and weekends", according to Valérie Pécresse.
In the outer suburbs, it will also be possible to borrow school buses with this new ticket. "We must respond to this injustice which means that the further we are, the more we pay," noted Valérie Pécresse. This was the case today for 4-11 year olds with free transport in Paris and school bus service at 128 euros in the outer ring. "
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