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French Law Guarantees Some Service During Transit Strikes

French parliament passes bill to ensure some public transport during strikes
2 August 2007

PARIS (AP) - France's parliament passed a law Thursday that aimed to guarantee at least some buses and trains would run during transit strikes, partially fulfilling a key campaign promise by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

The law was hotly opposed by union leaders, who insisted it threatens French labor's coveted right to strike and pledged to hold retaliatory walkouts in the fall.

The law requires transit providers to inform users which buses and trains are to run during a strike and requires them to reimburse riders if they fail to adhere to the promised schedule.

It also makes it obligatory for individuals to say whether they plan to strike 48 hours before doing so. The measure -- one of the law's most hotly contested -- aims to end spontaneous strikes that regularly hit public transport, notably following attacks on bus or subway drivers.

In the past, walkouts by transportation workers have brought the country to a near standstill, leaving people without any way to get to or from work -- sometimes for weeks at a time.

During his campaign, Sarkozy, a conservative who took office in May, pledged to guarantee at least three hours of public transportation in the morning and evening rush hours during walkouts.

But despite attempts by conservative lawmakers, the law passed Thursday does not immediately guarantee minimum service on France's public transit.

It requires local authorities and transit providers to define the exact meaning of "minimum service." Negotiations are to be completed by next January -- meaning French commuters could again find themselves stranded if unions make good on promises to strike in the coming months.
 
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#143 · (Edited)
Still four month to wait before the opening of Reims tram.
Reims is a city of 187,206 inhabitants proper and 294,000 inhabitants for the metro area.
The city is located on the east of Paris and it is the biggest city of the Champagne Region.

The network will be 11 km km long for 22 stations.
The estimated daily traffic is 45,000.




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#148 · (Edited)
I wonder if Line D of the Lyon Metro will increase its capacity anytime soon.
Not before 2018 or 19

I don't get why the busiest line outside of Paris only runs two-car trains.
Two cars trains seemed (and were) sufficient, when building the line(1990).
And now (2011), it would be too expansive to buy few carriages to get four cars trains.

So Lyon Transit Authority waits some years and will buy a great serie of automatic four cars trains (between 2018 and 2020)
 
#150 ·
metro expansion?
+ 1.8 km with two stations for the line 1 toward Eurasanté.
Line 1 will be doubled in capacity.

The only thing I've read about so far, is that there is going to be a new high-frequency bus system in the agglomeration.
This is la Corolle, bus rapid transit, circling Lille. It could be changed partially into a tram-train if needed.




There is also a radiant network made of "Lianes" = "L" in the map :



Not to mention a project of waterway shuttle service between la citadelle and Euratechnologies, or the bicycle rental service called Vélille for september 2011.


Two first tram-trains are planned, north-south (orange) and west-east (blue) :


http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...124924&spn=0.190313,0.703125&z=11&lci=transit


Here you'll find the schedule (in French)
http://www.lilletransport.com/Planning-de-l-evolution-du-reseau.html


Beyond, a RER or tram-trains will connect Lille with the Bassin minier and two tramways for Béthune and Lens are currently under study :


Proposed routes : http://www.smt-artois-gohelle.fr/outils/telechargements/le_tramway
 
#157 ·
There are suburban networks, but they are all include in the regional networks. Some lines are only suburban lines (for example : western lyon lines), some are both regional and suburban (Lyon-Ambérieu line that is suburban but which some stations are served by IC trains to Geneva).
Minato ku is right, Lyon is certainly the best system with many lines, but Lille is not bad at all too.
 
#167 ·
^^ Bordeaux tram ridership are grossely overstated.
There were 60 million tram journey in 2010, the same year Paris had 108 million tram journey.
I don't get how they can have a higher daily ridership than Paris if there have 1.8 time less traffic.
Add to this fact that transfer are counted as two journeys in Bordeaux while Paris tram line are hardly connected, so there are very few transfer between tram.
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High frequency of Lille subway
 
#170 ·
very good :cheers: They changed the ancient rolling stock in Rouen i notice.

Lille will upgrade the stock of cars to double their size on L1 in 2015.
1/the quays will be redone(size) on all the 18 stations of the line 1
2/The new manufacturer has been chosen ant now it's Alstom. the former cars was made by Siemens which replies by a justice action to cancel the Alstom' victory
3/The new cars will be "snake style"(without separation between cars like L14 Paris)+the double size in lenght than actual



photos:
http://www.lillemetropole.fr/files/live/sites/lmcu/files/docs/LMI 99 web.pdf
 
#172 ·
very good :cheers: They changed the ancient rolling stock in Rouen i notice.
Yes, the new tram Citadis 402 stock has a bigger capacity than the TSF.
It will help to cope better with the traffic.

Lille will upgrade the stock of cars to double their size on L1 in 2015.
It is much better than the actual VAL208 rolling stock :cheers:
 
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