2023-12-13 16:23:36
Priority to “daily journeys”. The bonus of 100 euros for motorists who start carpooling will be renewed in 2024, but only for short journeys, according to information from the Parisian confirmed by the Ministry of Ecological Transition to Agence France-Presse. The government must take stock this week of this measure, launched at the start of the year as part of a 150 million euro plan to push this practice, which is still very much in the minority.
The 2024 bonus from the Green Fund will be reserved for “daily journeys”particularly for work and leisure, said the Minister of Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu.
Until recently, carpooling represented 3% of long-distance journeys. But its daily practice remains reduced in transport (0.01% according to the BlaBlaCar platform). The platforms record a few tens of thousands of trips per day on average (declared, because many trips are also informal), for a hundred million trips made by car daily in France.
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Three million daily trips targeted
Around ten French metropolises, more than eight out of ten drivers drive alone in their car between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m., according to a study by highway manager Vinci. The very ambitious objective of “carpooling plan”is to ultimately reach three million daily journeys, which would allow France to avoid 1% of its greenhouse gas emissions.
“Five years ago, this public policy simply did not exist”, recalled Mr. Béchu. The Green Fund, which integrates this carpooling plan, has made it possible to offer 300 communities “financial support enabling pioneering territories to strengthen their action in this area or even for some to fully embrace this issue”.
“The potential of this lever is still far from being fully exploited”underlined the minister. “This solution is highly relevant in responding to mobility challenges, particularly in peri-urban areas or in rural areas where density does not always allow the deployment of public transport. »
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