2024-01-18 20:29:09
In November, four metro lines still had punctuality below 85%. Francois BOUCHON / Le Figaro
As the Olympics approach, the situation in Parisian transport is still far from optimal. This is due to persistent recruitment problems, the obsolescence of certain trains and the explosion in the number of abandoned packages.
«We firmly intend to continue to improve gradually in 2024 between now and the Games, (…) to meet the legitimate requirements of our organizing authority as well as the justified expectations of our travelers», Launched Jean Castex on Wednesday. A message passed during the traditional RATP greeting ceremony, its boss mentioning “the scarcity of human resources”, “the explosion of abandoned packages”, “the obsolescence of certain equipment” and “the impact of the numerous and essential works on our networks”. Six months before the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, the CEO of the Paris transport authority did not mince his words, playing the card of transparency and trying to find explanations for a situation that is still far from optimal on his network.
Among them, the former prime minister focused on the “developments» which have affected the world of work since the Covid-19 health crisis, and which translate, in his eyes, “by recruitment difficulties», «unprecedented absenteeism» et «unrivaled turnover”.Human resources problems…
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