2024-07-22 15:48:05
100 years ago, Paris hosted the 8th Olympiad of the modern era. If, at that time, the traffic was not as dense as today, there was concern about the ability of the capital to attract the flow of spectators with tickets for the Olympic events. The biggest concern is that public transportation does not represent a wonderful solution either, because it is ineffective.
“Can the problem be solved? » This is the question raised on April 18, 1924 by the newspaper Le Populaire a few weeks before the start of the Games. All the publications of the time asked the methods put in to access to sports infrastructure by public transport, and by car.
One place in particular attracts attention: Colombes stadium (Hauts-de-Seine), the main infrastructure of the 1924 Olympic Games, which hosted the opening ceremony of the tournament and some of the main events, including soccer, a very popular discipline in time and which filled the stands until the last seat. Located in the suburbs of Paris, the Yves-du-Manoir stadium – which is the only Olympic site in time to host an event for the 2024 Olympics – is a poor service, and the station “Le Stade”, built to the event. (and still have activity), is strongly criticized for its rudimentary appearance.
To deal with overcrowding, the public transport agency of the Paris region decided to increase the price of the ticket between Saint-Lazare station and Colombes stadium. The price of a transport ticket went from 1.70 francs to 5 francs, almost three times the normal price. This is more than for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games that we are preparing to experience, where the metro ticket has doubled from July 20 to September 8, going from 2.15 euros to 4 euros .
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