Moscow cuts off-peak metro tickets pricing by 50% to promote social distancing
Paris teams up with business
Other cities and transport operators are also taking steps to manage passenger flow during COVID-19.
Paris’sPlaine Communeregion, for example, is currently renewing several partnerships with local businesses to smooth out rush hour peaks in the French capital.
Partnering with key stakeholders – including the state-owned transport operator RATP, the French railway provider SNCF, and around 15 companies, the suburban region plans to reduce the number of passengers at peak hours by up to 10 percent.
To achieve this, the region will work with public and private firms to introduce various changes to employee work habits, including: teleworking, staggered hours, the development of cycling and carpooling.
It is estimated that half of employees working in the region (around 100,000 people) use public transport and 55,000 cross paths in the mornings during rush hour.
Plaine Commune has run the partnership scheme since 2018, but has now stepped up efforts in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The region also introduced asmart servicethrough which citizens, companies and public authorities can get insights on how to reduce rush hours.
France currently has the fourth-highest rate of Covid-19 infection rates in the world, and a nationwide lockdown was re-introduced on 30 October following a spike in cases.
In aCities Todayroundtable this summer, municipal leaders discussed a range of ideas to maintain transport operations while avoiding crowding. These included the use of cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) analytics, greater use of data, better integration of micromobility services, flexible ticketing, staggered work and study agreements with businesses and universities, on-demand services and more.
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