Mobility in Ile-de-France

Mobility figures in Ile-de-France show that residents over 6 make 35 million journeys The organising authority of public transport in Ile-de-France each day representing 3.5 journeys/person. Landmark events

For nearly 50 years, the STIF has played an active role in developing public

transport in Ile-de-France. November 2008 Journeys typology Modal shares (mechanised journeys) Today and tomorrow, 1959 1998 2003 • Metro evening service 2% extended by 1 hour 3% • Creation of the STP • At the initiative of the • Tram line T1 from Bobigny (Saturdays and eves of public (Syndicat des Transports Ile-de-France Region, the STP to Noisy-le-Sec is extended. launches the imagine R card, • In partnership with the holidays). making your transport better. Parisiens), the future STIF, • Navigo pass extended which succeeds the ORTP with reduced fares for young Region, the STIF launches to cover all of Ile-de-France. 20% (Office Régional des people, school-children Infomobi, a regional 30% Transports Parisiens), and students. transport-information • Modernisation of trains founded in 1949. • It creates the Chèque service for the disabled. and RER, procurement Mobilité for certain • The STIF and the Region of new trains designed for 44% 1961 categories of jobseekers launch the PAM network, Ile-de-France. in Ile-de-France. providing door to door • Creation of 7 new • The STP approves the creation • Metro line 14, the first transport for the disabled (night service) bus lines. 67% of an East-West express line 34% automatic line of the Metro at county level. The first • Development of the second which will become the future network is inaugurated. such service is introduced with generation of Mobilien bus RER line A. the municipality. network. ● ● 1999 By car In private vehicles 1973 ● On foot ● In public transport • The STP extends single-class 2004 2007 • The STP receives half carriages to all suburban • The law of 13 August 2004, ● In public transport ● By two-wheeled vehicle or taxi • Metro evening service of the revenue from road trains and the RER. relating to local government ● extended by 1 hour (Fridays). By two-wheeled vehicle or taxi traffic fines collected in • It introduces free public prerogativs and liabilities, • The STP creates the Ticket t+, the Paris area. transport on New Year’s Eve. enshrines the complete the first ticket valid for the withdrawal of the State connections bus/bus and 2000 from the STIF Board 1975 bus/tramway during 1 h 30. of Administrators and • The STP creates the Carte • The STP signs initial November 2008. athias Schmitt) - Véolia Transport. its replacement by the • Metro line 14 is extended Orange, the first ticket valid contracts with the RATP Ile-de-France Region. to Olympiades station. Public transport market shares Vehicle base for the entire transport and the SNCF. • The Regional Urban • Metro line 14 is extended • Zoning reform reducing the network of Paris area. Mobility Plan is launched. to Saint-Lazare station and number of tarif zones from ● ● 60% for journeys within Paris city limits, journeys 1 vehicle per household on average. RER E line to Tournan-en-Brie. 1-8 to 1-6 in order to reduce between Paris and the inner suburbs and journey ● 30% do not have a private vehicle (53% in Paris). 1985 2001 the price of the longer trips • The STP approves the creation between Paris and the outer suburbs less than 10% ● 420 cars/1,000 inhabitants (287 in Paris). • The STP becomes the 2005 from Paris to outer suburbs. of the first tramway: the T1 for suburb-to-suburb journeys. Syndicat des Transports • Two new express bus routes • TVM Ouest, “bus rapid line running between Saint- d’Ile-de-France (STIF). are placed in service along transit”, links the international Denis and Bobigny. • The STIF Board of Directors the A14. market of Rungis (MIN) to La is expanded from 24 to • The STIF creates Noctilien, Croix-de-Berny RER B station. 1991 34 members; the Region sits a network of 35 night bus • The new passe Navigo • The STP ends first class on the Board for the first routes operated by the RATP Découverte is launched Modal shares according to the different journey types carriages on the metro. time on 7 December 2001. and SNCF. by the STIF. • It approves the Météor • The STIF helps prepare the • 1 July, the State withdraws (metro line 14) and Eole Mobilien project, high service from the STIF Board of ● In Paris, the level of public transport use (in green) 100 2008 Administrators. (RER line E) projects. bus routes at regional level • Evaluation of the PDUIF is three times that of the outer suburbs. This ratio that it co-finances with the • End of 2005, 314 RIB-RIO 80 • The STP’s jurisdiction (Regional Urban Mobility Plan) is fully reversed when it comes to use of private cars Region and the State. carriages and 362 “VB2N” is extended to the whole by the STIF in order to (in blue). of Ile-de-France region. carriages are refurbished. 60 2002 develop the alternative means of transport with the road and • The STIF creates the Ticket t, 2006 40 1996 to propose a transport policy single trip ticket common to • On 15 March 2006, • The STP begins trials of the adapted to the evolution of all transport companies. the first STIF Board 20 “Francile” pass, the future the lifestyles and the question • It launches the Solidarité chaired by the Chairman Navigo pass. of climate change. 0 Transport Card for low- of the Ile-de-France Region. • Co-financing with SNCF Paris Inner suburbs Outer suburbs Ile-de-France income passengers. The Region now has the 1997 • It launches a refurbishment majority on the Board with of the new trains AGC and ● By car ● By two-wheeled vehicle or taxi • The STP launches the “NF programme co-financed by 15 of the 29 members. the “Francilien”. ● ● Service” certification label On foot Other mechanized modes the STIF, the Region and the • Services are open on Tram • Creation of an emergency (Gilles Aligon/Bruno Marguerite/Jean-François Mauboussin/Denis Sutton) - SNCF (Eric Bernard/Daniel Robin) - STIF (M © DR - RATP ● In public transport for transport networks. SNCF covering 838 SNCF lines T3 and T4 and the plan (Impaqt) with SNCF in coaches to the amount of Ermont-Eaubonne / Saint- order to modernize and restor 131.2 million euros. Lazare connection. the SNCF rolling stock.

11, avenue de Villars • 75007 Paris • metro: Saint-François-Xavier • bus: 82-87-92 tel. 01 47 53 28 00 • fax 01 47 05 11 05 • www.stif.info The organising authority of public transport in Ile-de-France Public transport in Ile-de-France: introducing the network

The Ile-de-France region is one of the 22 administrative regions Working to improve public transport of France with today and tomorrow 11.5 million inhabitants 95 VAL D’OISE 5.3 million jobs 93 With application of the decentralisation law on local governments prerogatives and liabilities on SEINE-SAINT-DENIS Dynamic specialist teams The European regulation on public service obligations of 29% of France’s GDP 75 1st July 2005, the STIF is now composed of local authorities (Ile-de-France regional council, Paris 78 92 PARIS december 2007 will impose that, the assignement to an YVELINES HAUTS-DE-SEINE 94 In recent years, the STIF workforce has steadily risen operator of an exclusive right and/or compensation must 2 VAL-DE-MARNE municipality and 7 other “départements”/counties). It has also been entrusted with new major an area of 12,000 km . (+12.5% compared to 2005) to reach a total of 180. take place in the context of a public service contract. Thus, responsibilities. In the wake of these changes, the STIF has focused its efforts on speeding up the 77 the Ile-de-France legislative framework would have to be SEINE-ET-MARNE necessary improvements to public transport in Ile-de-France. The STIF employs a wide range of specialists (engineers, changed in a transitionnal period of 10 years. 91 town planners, statisticians, administrators, cartographers, ESSONNE Ile-de-France is composed of legal advisors, financial experts, IT specialists…) covering the various facets of transport in their respective fields. Users first 8 “départements”/counties. Status and organisation of the STIF The STIF’s missions STIF puts users first and provides a customer service since 1,281 municipalities, The STIF (organising authority of public transport in Ile-de- The STIF organises, coordinates and finances public 2005. In the newest generation of contrats, line committees France), is managed by a Board of 29 members. transport in Ile-de-France. Contracts giving greater bring together users, operators and STIF, to make transport better. possibly sharing transport responsibilities to transport As organising authority, the STIF’s principal missions companies competencies. are: Relations between the STIF and operators are governed by The STIF Board Financing public transport contracts stipulating the consistency of the service expected ● • appointing operators and defining general operating Paris is the center, by the operators as well as the methods for assessing the 1 conditions, 1 funding provided by the STIF, taking into account pricing ● 3 “départements” making a closer ring, • creating tickets and formulating pricing policy, Funding of operational costs in 2007 policy and quality-of-service objectives. • determining transport services and their attendant quality ● and 4 “départements” making the outer ring. within the framework of contracts signed with operators, € Initial contracts STIF-RATP and STIF-SNCF for the period Fare Revenue Public subsidies 1,39 bn 7 2,9 bn € among which, local public bodies contributions: • modernising the transport system via major infrastructure 2000-2003 were re-negotiated for 2004-2007. The current 1,042 bn € Most of the population live in the central urban area which covers a little more than the 38,6% 18,5% projects, particularly those set out in the State-Region contracts, first ones to be signed by decentralised STIF, 15 planning contract, cover the period 2008-2011 and reflect the more ambitious first ring (80% of the area is rural). • the possibility of acting as the contracting authority for Transport tax Other objectives of the STIF to improve the service to passengers. € € investment projects, with the exception of those coming 2,8 bn 0,345 bn 5 38,3% 6,5% under the national rail network (RFF monopoly), STIF contracts with 4 operators, RATP, SNCF, OPTILE (Association of private bus companies) Similarly, private bus companies affiliated to OPTILE have • ensuring the funding of public transport in Ile-de-France and RFF (for the infrastructures), to operate a dense network: been, since January. 2007, tied to the STIF by means of a (7.5 billion euros for 2007), new contract establishing the framework for operation of • drafting and revision of the PDU (Regional Urban Mobility the networks and the payment of compensation. The Plan), Operational costs Metro • 16 lines (1 fully automatic) Tramway + 1 “bus rapid transit” (TVM) Ile-de-France regional council Départements framework will evolve in the near future with a second 7,51 bn € • 211 km / 300 stations • 3 tram lines (31.5 km) Paris municipality CRCI (economical • heading studies (into the opportunity and feasibility) of generation of contracts to comply with European regulation • 1410 Mio journeys + TVM (12.5 km) EPCI (inter-municipalities) actors) new infrastructures, requirements. in 2006. • 56 stops in total • fixing rates for transport tax in compliance with legal upper limits, Rail network • 1411 km / 444 stations • 64 Mio journeys in 2006. These relations between STIF and the operators are • 1107 Mio journeys The Board is chaired by the Chairman of the Regional • responsibility for school services transport, regulated by a law only applicable in Ile-de-France. The RATP Tram-train • 1 line Metro + bus + SNCF OPTILE in 2006. Council, Jean-Paul Huchon. • possibility of organising on-demand transport, framework of the decree of 14 november 1949 defines • 11 stops. tramway + RER Rail Buses The managing director of the STIF, appointed by the • organisation of regular river passenger services. exclusive and unlimited rights, which means the registration 58% 35% 7% Bus • 1,311 lines / 22,650 km Chairman after consultation with the Board, is Sophie Mougard. in the Transport Plan is an unilateral administrative • 28.950 stops The STIF can delegate some of its competencies to local authorisation of unlimited duration for operators to operate • 8.000 bus The STIF undertakes regular consultations with all actors authorities or groups of local authorities (with the exception lines. Thus, a service can only be ended after compensation • 221 Mio journeys in 2006 concerned within other organisations, particularly the Ile- of pricing policy) and access new sources of funding in the paid by the STIF to the operator. (287,8 Mio for OPTILE’s de-France public transport partners’ committee. form of loans. operators).