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URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN FRANCE: FIGURES AND TRENDS

R Maubois

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Cities have for a long time been organized on a centralized basis, in order to facilitate access, without incurring prohibitive costs in terms of time and money, to the urban system of economic, social and cultural activities. Linking people within the city and to the city is a public transit mission. Every day, public transit provides 26 million French people residing in urban areas with the possibility of travelling and communicating while helping to enhance the quality of life in urban areas. This article gives some figures and trends of the French public transit systems.

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Cities have for a long time been organized on a centralized basis, in order to facilitate access, without incurring prohibitive costs in terms of time and money, to the urban system of economic, social and cultural activities. Linking people within the city and to the city is a public transit mission. Every day, public transit provides 26 million French people residing in urban areas with the possibility of travelling and communicating while helping to enhance the quality of life in urban areas. This article gives some figures and trends of the French public transit systems.

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Cities have for a long time been organized on a centralized basis, in order to facilitate access, without incurring prohibitive costs in terms of time and money, to the urban system of economic, social and cultural activities. Linking people within the city and to the city is a public transit mission. Every day, public transit provides 26 million French people residing in urban areas with the possibility of travelling and communicating while helping to enhance the quality of life in urban areas. This article gives some figures and trends of the French public transit systems.

Key concepts: Public transport, Urban transit, Order (exchange), Transit (satellite), Transit system, Business, Regional science, Quality (philosophy)

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