Paris extends its ticketing options

[Garrett]

The Paris region already has integrated ticketing when it comes to weekly, monthly and yearly tickets, but up until now the standard "ticket-T" was valid for only one transport mode (metro/bus/tram/RER) at a time. On buses and trams the ticket-T is valid for only one trip, i.e. no transfer possible. The new "ticket-T+" is a stepping stone to better integrated transport.

From http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/economie/arg...bus-tram-.html

Translation from French:

From the 1st of July, commuters will be able to take any bus or tram for 90 minutes with a single ticket costing E1.50 each.

The ticket exists already in many French cities, such as Marseilles. And from July 1st, in Paris and all of Ile-de-France. The ticket, baptised T+, will allow all commuters in the Ile-de-France region to change between bus and tram as often as they wish for 1hr 30 mins, and was announced on Tuesday by the Green party. The measure, issued from a Green Party budget ammendment at the Ile-de-France Regional council, will be officially adopted by the the administrative council of the STIF, the regional transport authority, on the 6th June.

The T+ ticket will be valid for travel for each validation made within 90 minutes of the first validation, regardless of the number of buses or trams taken. It will not, however, be valid on special bus services such as the night bus. The T+ ticket will replace the current T ticket and will be sold for E1.50 each and for E11.10 for a pack of ten, following the proposed price increase on July 1st.