What is the social benefit that children get public transportation fare for free in Paris?


by Luc Legay

Measures to free use of public transportation facilities such as trains, buses, trams, etc. for children under the age of 11 in Paris, France, are expected to be implemented from September 2019. It seems that it is expected that not only families of child - rearing generation will benefit from this, but the quality of life of the entire Paris city will be improved.

Paris Metro Will Soon Be Free for Kids - CityLab
https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2019/01/paris-metro-tickets-prices-kids-bus-ride-disability-fares/580759/

From September 1, 2019, the fare for public transport in Paris is free of charge only for children under 11 years old. Children aged 10 years or younger will be of any nationality, and immigrants who do not have French citizenship and travelers will also benefit from freeing. Also, people with disabilities until the age of 20 also get fare free, students between the ages of 14 and 18 also say that the fare will be half the price. In addition, children aged between 14 and 18 will be able to rent bike without charge.

Social experiments have been carried out in Paris where a free pass is issued free of public transportation for disabled people and elderly people aged 65 and older. The measures to free the public transportation this time will expand the target to children, and the necessary budget is estimated at 15 million euros (about 1.9 billion yen) annually.

The social benefit that more people obtain by using public transportation is said to be "prevention of environmental pollution". There has been a sense of crisis in the city of Paris that the good environment is lost by the exhaust produced by the car in the city.


For this reason, measures have been taken, such as forbidding emissions regulations for vehicles entering the city of Paris, prohibiting the entry of old cars into the downtown area, which exceeds the standard value and causes environmental pollution.

Measures to shut out old cars in Paris, France, vehicles before 1997 to enact laws that can not travel in the city - GIGAZINE



However, relatively owners of low-income people tended to own automobiles forbidden to get in. And because low-income people lived in the suburbs of Paris that were far from the city center and often transferred children to schools in the center of Paris by car for school attendance, banning cars to the center of Paris is prohibited To do is to criticize that it is unfair to imposing a new burden on non-wealthy people living in the suburbs with the aim of increasing the quality of life of wealthy people living in the central part It is said that.

Due to the free public transportation of children this time, it is expected that automobiles traveling in the center of Paris will be surely reduced for pickup. Also, in the center of Paris, attempts are being made to reduce cars, as lanes decrease and pedestrian roads are maintained. In the near future, there seems to be a voice that expects the appearance of the automobile that emits exhaust gas using fossil fuel to disappear from the center of Paris .


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