Study Visit in Île De France
STUDY VISIT IN ÎLE DE FRANCE On 4 and 5 June 2015, the European Club of Intermodal Regions and Cities, managed by INTERMODES, and STIF (Syndicat des Transports de l’Île de France) invite you to experience the transport network of the Île de France region. STIF is the Ile de France region’s transport authority. Since 2006 it consists of the Ile de France region, the city of Paris and the counties of Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Val-de -Marne, Val d'Oise and Yvelines. It is chaired by the President of the Ile de France Regional Council, Jean-Paul Huchon. Sophie Mougard, its CEO, will introduce the two-day technical visit. STIF is the main financier of the Île de France public transport. STIF « organizes the passengers’ regular public transport services ». As such, STIF is assigned with the mission of deciding on the transport routes and the stations, of the operators’ selection, of the technical implementation definition as well as of the operation general conditions. It decides on the services financing, and monitors the investment programmes’ coherence. STIF settles on a pricing policy in line with State Council decrees. It promotes transport for people with reduced mobility, organizes on demand transport services and, is also competent for the organization of passengers’ fluvial regular public transport. In this capacity, STIF organizes, coordinates and finances the passengers’ regional public transport, which are operated by RATP, SNCF Île-de-France and other private transport operators grouped in the OPTILE association. To this end it: - Defines general conditions of operation, creates tickets and sets fares; - Defines the transport offer and the quality of services in the framework of contracts with industrial companies and service providers; - Coordinates the regional public transport network’s modernization, by defining the public investment’s principles which include major infrastructure projects planned in the frame of the State- Region Investment Plan, and by deciding on their implementation rules.
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