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Plans to Improve Transport and Mobility

Boosting soft mobility whilst relieving congestion at the Principality’s access points: this is the
objective of current and future building projects.

One the priorities of the state of Monaco is to shuttle. “Not every one of these will have the “at first would be a hybrid system” which would
reduce road traffic in the Principality now and same impact on reducing the number of cars but “later on” be electrically-powered “or would
for the years to come. With the vast majority of every little helps and one thing leads to another.” would be fuelled by hydrogen.” The Principality
workers living outside the territory and driving Cable cars, purpose-built public transport systems, would invest a maximum of 3 million, spread
in with their own cars (57,870 in 2019), road an underground currently several different routes over the first three years of operation.
traffic statistics in the Principality are rising are envisaged but the choices have not yet been
fast. “If we include visitors living nearby (circa decided. “Public policies of virtuous mobility Timetable for autonomous buses?
15% of daily journeys and tourists, except for are long-term and need significant investment, In 2019, the Principality also tested the self-
during the pandemic, we calculate an average often going against current habits. This is why driving shuttle bus, with a route around the Rock
of some 104,000 return trips each working day,” arbitration is not so simple and it’s sometimes of Monaco. “The aim of this trial has been to
observes Séverine Canis-Froidefond. In addition hard to achieve a consensus of opinion,” points reduce single-car use in the long term, as well as
to road traffic, there are those coming in and out the DPUM Director. to develop public transport and to promote forms
out by train, as the station of Monaco is the of soft mobility for the future. If this trial proves
second-busiest on the Riviera, after Nice- ille, Sea shuttle for 2025? successful, it will be a question of working to
with almost seven million travellers in 2019, as Monaco is trialling different experiments, as develop this mode of transport, which could be
well as those using the bus. As for trips within seen in the sea shuttle project between the a way of overcoming the problem of the number
the Principality itself, in 2016 there were 123,000 capital of the Riviera and Cap-d’Ail, launched of night buses (reduced for cost reasons , as
motorised journeys, mostly by Monaco residents in conjunction with the Nice Côte-d’Azur well as serving zones unreachable by city buses,”
(about 60% . Monaco’s CAM bus company, in metropolitan area. This “alternative mode of said Frédéric Genta at the time. When will the
charge of the city bus network, also counted transport would make journeys easier for the experiment be repeated “In both the short and
almost seven million travellers in 2019. French and Monégasque working population” medium term, the transport of tomorrow will,
and was due to start this summer but “due to inevitably, be autonomous,” believes the minister
Several modes of transport available an unsuccessful tendering procedure, we are in charge of Monaco’s digital transition. “Mainly
Transport and mobility concerns everyone. now heading towards an allocation in 2025.” for questions of road safety, since these shuttles
“Challenges linked to mobility have an impact Usage studies are based on 1,200 trips per day consume no petrol, never go beyond the speed
on the daily professional and social lives of in the first year and 1,320 by year three, with limit and don’t create tailbacks But it would also
residents and visitors. As well as making each services every 30 minutes at peak times. The mean gaining space for parking and reducing
and every one of us aware of our responsibility to shuttle is part of the region’s Climate Plan and costs, with a view to creating new services.”
move over to cleaner
forms of transport, a
change in behaviours
can only work on the
basis of a diverse,
efficient choice
of transportation,
based on incentives
and tailored to our
va rious needs,”
emphasises the
DPUM Director. This
is why it is necessary
to offer several modes
of travel, such as
public transport, car
sharing, incentives
to use bicycles or to
walk, improvements © Direction de la Communication
to the road networks,
the creation of park-
and-rides and a sea Navette autonome / Self driving shuttle bus

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