Fuel Prices: 350,000 People Affected, This City Makes Public Transport Free Until the End of the Year
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While fuel prices are weighing more and more heavily on household budgets, a northern community has decided to offer public transportation to all for three months, an exceptional measure that will allow residents to save money as of October 1.
In the face of rising fuel prices, public transport in the Valenciennes agglomeration became completely free from 1 October to 31 December 2026. This three-month experiment aims to...
This temporary measure will be "assessed" to "measure the effects of this experiment" and "learn the lessons from it", says Arnaud Bavay, president of the Valencienois Intermunicipal Mobility and Urban Organisation Union (SIMOUV).
Public transport in Valencian became free from 1 October until the end of 2026. Cost of the measure: €720,000, taken over by the communities. A measure to relieve the portfolio of the inhabitants of the territory in the face of the increase in the cost of fuels.
In response to rising fuel prices, the public transport of Valenciennes Métropole and La Porte du Hainaut, two agglomerations in the North, will be free until the end of the year, announced on Thursday 24 September 2026 the president of the local transport authority at the AFP.
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