Thibaud Hue, edited by Yanis Darras 07:15, January 06, 2023

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Faced with the proliferation of work on the transport network, the degradation of service and the increase in prices, users have decided to meet to shout their exasperation.

All point to uncomfortable travel conditions. 

In red letters, on a small cardboard sign, Samia writes her anger: 'Stop, we're fed up!'.

"In general, we are crowded on the platforms and in the metro, glued to the window", she annoys at the microphone of Europe 1. "It's very uncomfortable, I have a little the impression that we are cattle transported to the slaughterhouse", continues the Francilienne, who must take public transport every day, morning and evening.

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Because the exasperation of users is at its peak.

If 2022 was a complicated year on the Ile-de-France transport network, 2023 will be worse.

This new year will break a new record: never have there been so many major works at the same time.

RER, Metro, Tramway... Projects are multiplying and deteriorating the quality of service on current infrastructures. 

The bus pointed at

New problems that are pushing Ile-de-France residents to their limits, already particularly upset against the deterioration in service since the middle of last year, and the 12% increase in the Navigo pass on January 1, 2023. So, after a petition "Stop the galley", launched at the end of the year, users of the network decided to gather in front of the RER station of Nanterre-Préfecture, to shout their exasperation. 

Among the most problematic forms of transport: the bus.

The RATP network has been under pressure for several months, with drivers resigning on the rise.

A tragedy for users, who see their waiting times lengthen.

Nadia points out that her bus line is regularly several tens of minutes behind the official schedules, sometimes hours.

"The calculations are not good"

"My mother is sick and the other day, I had to accompany her to the doctor. I had to travel for an hour normally. It took me 3 hours", she is alarmed at the microphone of Europe 1. So for these users, the increase in the Navigo pass of almost 10 euros is unbearable.

"We can't be asked to pay for something that deteriorates," Kenzy points out.

The young man will have no choice but to renew his subscription, reluctantly. 

"If we had prospects for improvement, we could have tried to justify it. But we don't want to pay more and have less. Again, the calculations are not good," he concludes.

And these demonstrators are sure they will return every week until their travel conditions improve.