Paris doubles some public transport fares for 2024 Olympics

The Paris region, Ile de France, announced this Monday an increase of around 100% in several of its public transport fares between July 20 and September 8, 2024, periods that coincide with the Olympic and Paralympic Games. from Paris.

“During this period we are going to considerably increase the transport offer and it is not fair that the inhabitants of the Paris region pay that cost, so we will create a new transport card, Paris 2024,” reported the president of the region, the conservative Valérie Pécresse, in a message on networks.

This increase aims to cover, at least in part, the 200 million euros of extraordinary expenses calculated by the regional authorities for the improvement and increase of public network routes during the Games.

The card announced by Pécresse will contain rates that in several cases double those currently in force. This is what happens with the weekly price for Paris and its entire region, which goes from the current 30 euros to 70 during the Olympics.. Individual metro and bus tickets, for example, will go from 2.10 euros to 4.

These increases, aimed at the nearly 10 million expected visitors, will not affect regular users of the transport network (metro, commuter trains, bus and tram), said Pécresse, who encouraged people to buy tickets in advance to enjoy the regular rate.

Parallel to this increase, the Parisian mayor, the Franco-Spanish Anne Hidalgo, and the French Government have clashed over the quality of transport.

According to Hidalgo, transport, which is not under its jurisdiction, will not be prepared to accommodate so many users in 2024, while the Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, denounced “a political betrayal” on the part of the councilor.