It's the fourth day the alternate traffic circulation rule is applied (and the first in Lyon [where the public tranportation company is on strike
...] and Villeurbanne). Since I've right now a nice view on La Defense from my desk, I can say that the fog is lighter than previous days, but still here.
I're red some wrong statments, and here's some clarifications
:
- the monthly transportation fee is 73€ for everyone, with no travel limit adn all transportation medium in "Ile de France" (quite a large area, take a look in Google
:))
- the bus network (RATP inside Paris, other companies, like Transdev, outside) is pretty dense : look on Google map on Paris, and zoom enough to see the little blue buses, you'll see
:) There's actually 353 buses lines in Paris and the nearest suburbs.
- there's a metro each 2 or 3 minutes, if all works well (but because of the terrorist threat, every abandonned luggage tend to cause delays)
- the RER, who permit me to go to work (I live near Fontainebleau and work near La Defense, and out of the holyday season, I can't even imagine to go to work by car [count about 2-3 hours x2]), is
... let's say, almost reliable. At rush hour, we have 1 train every 15 minutes, and after that, one each 1/2 hour or each hour (depend of the station and the RER line).
Mmmm
... that's it, I think I haven't forgot anything
... all the other things is true (the smell, especiallly during summer, the crowd, the way the disease could be catch in the metro
...)
... Ah, one more thing : the chimney using is tolerated for supplementary heating or for your own pleasure (see
https://www.service-public.fr/... [french page]), and the studies who says that this wood bunring polution represent 23% of the pollution are very controversed.
