International Olympic Committee (IOC) He did not want to comment on the announcement this Thursday rising prices for public transport in Paris during 2024 Olympic Gamesregional authorities decided and what will double the cost of metro and bus tickets in the competition for two weeks.
Executive Director of the Olympic Games (Olympic Games) IOC, Christophe Duby, assured that the “tariff policy” of public transport “This is a matter for local authorities to decide.”
However, he noted that two years ago it was decided to reconsider the promise originally made by the president of the organizing committee. Tony Estanguette that those who bought a ticket to the Games would receiveGuaranteed free travel around the capital.
“Two years ago,” he noted, “ we are reviewing the tariff policy and free service was no longer guaranteed.” The IOC Director also emphasized that The public transport offer will be significantly expanded during the two weeks of the competition.
This is the same argument as the President of the Paris Region. Valerie Pecresse, to justify increase in ticket pricesfrom the current 2.10 euros to four between July 20 and September 8 next year on the occasion of the Olympic Games.
Organizing Committee planned to finance from my own funds the additional costs associated with this free service, but then He resigned to balance his accounts. Region Ile-de-Francein its turn, refused to accept the burden associated with increasing the supply of subways and buses scheduled during the Games.
Dubi he limited himself to providing the transport plan presented by Paris “is firm and strict.”» both for buses and on roads, since lanes will be reserved for accredited ones.
We reviewed the transportation plan with experts and parties involved. Many of these need to be integrated into a specific plan, from IOC vehicles to government operators. This is an extremely difficult operation.
In his opinion, this a particularly sensitive issue in Paris because many competitions will be held in the city center, where should you go million viewers per day, which poses a “huge problem from a transportation perspective.”
“But what they told us reassures us. There are still seven months left. There is some work to be done, but that’s okay. The report they presented to us is very positive,” he said. Dubiwho thus responded to criticism from the mayor of the city, Anne Hidalgo who believed that The state and region have not done their job, and transport “will not be ready.”
It was also shown confident in safety despite rising tensions in the world after the attacks Hamas vs Israel October 7th last year and the wave Explosion alarms were reported in France.
The assessment of the experts who participated in the previous Games tells us that the integration of the different people involved in security issues in the French context is carried out well. And we saw it work well during the recent Rugby World Cup, which gives us assurances.
(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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