{"id":3857,"date":"2026-03-12T22:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/french-cities-steady-march-toward-free-public-transport\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T22:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:33:38","slug":"french-cities-steady-march-toward-free-public-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/french-cities-steady-march-toward-free-public-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"French cities&#8217; steady march toward free public transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\">  <\/picture> <noscript>  <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">A tramway in Montpellier, December 21, 2023.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">SYLVAIN THOMAS\/AFP<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Nearly three million people in France can now use urban public transport without paying a fare. That number is likely to grow after the municipal elections on March 15 and 22, given the proliferation of proposals to make urban transport at least partially free. Some plans are meant for young people, in Aix-Marseille (Martine Vassal, right-wing independent) or Toulouse (Fran\u00e7ois Brian\u00e7on, Socialist); for everyone, in Brest (C\u00e9cile Beaudouin, La France Insoumise); those over 60, in&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/economy\/article\/2026\/03\/12\/french-cities-steady-march-toward-free-public-transport_6751388_19.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tramway in Montpellier, December 21, 2023. SYLVAIN THOMAS\/AFP Nearly three million people in France can now use urban public transport without paying a fare. That number is likely to grow after the municipal elections on March 15 and 22, given the proliferation of proposals to make urban transport at least partially free. Some plans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,67],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-finance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/francechrono.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}