Public transport in Marseille

Public transport in Marseille is managed by the Régie des transports de Marseille (known as RTM). In 2011, there were 159 million trips, averaging 600,000 trips each weekday.[1]

Metro and tramway network

Régie des transports métropolitains

In 2001, the RTM governance moved from the City of Marseille to the Communauté urbaine Marseille Provence Métropole. It employs 3,385 people. Marseille is one of the few French cities to directly operate its transit network without resorting to public service delegation. RTM is chaired since June 2008 by Karim Zéribi, Community Advisor to the urban community.

Metro

See also: Marseille Metro

Tramway

See also: Marseille tramway

Marseille tram is projected to be linked to the Aubagne tramway around 2020.

Bus

The bus network consists of 104 bus lines operating from 4:30 to 21:30. As of June 2011, RTM has a total of 633 buses, 2 driving school cars and 1 preventing bus, of a 7.5 years old average.

Maintenance centres

The bus rolling stock of the RTM is stored and maintained in several sites within the city. They each have their own sheds, pits and tow trucks:

• The Rose Center Bus (northeast of the city lines ) which is the central shed
• Bus Centre Saint-Pierre (east Central lines)
• Centre Bus Arenc (north of the city lines)
• Capelette Bus Centre (south of the city lines)

Bus rapid transit

Three bus rapid transit lines are being constructed as a way to make the metro more efficient and attractive. The lines will connect places to the terminus metro stations (Castellane -> Luminy ; Capitaine Gèze - La Cabucelle -> Vallon des Tuves ; La Rose -> Château Gombert - Saint Jérome).

Ferry

A free ferry service operates between the two opposite quays of the Old Port. From 2011 ferry shuttle services operate between the Old Port and Pointe Rouge; from April 13 it will also run to l'Estaque. The service operates from 7am to 7pm from march to October (until 10pm between May 15 - September 15).[2] There are also ferry services and boat trips available from the Old Port to Frioul, the Calanques and Cassis.

Bicycle sharing system

As in many other French cities, Marseille has a bicycle sharing system named "Le vélo", free for trips of less than half an hour. It was introduced by the city council in 2007.[3]

Statistics

Traffic statistics

Transport mode	2011 trips	2011 traffic share
Bus	69.5 M	43.4%
Metro	74.46 M	46.8%
Tramway	15.54 M	9.8%
Total	159 M	100%

Marseille Public Transportation Statistics

The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Marseille & Provence, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 47 min. 12.7% of public transit riders, ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 14 min, while 19.4% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 9 km, while 21% travel for over 12 km in a single direction. [4]

References

1. http://www.rtm.fr/nous-connaitre/tout-savoir-sur-lentreprise/fiche-didentite/fiche-d%E2%80%99identite-de-l%E2%80%99entreprise
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved 2013-03-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Website for Le vélo" (in French). Levelo-mpm.fr. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
4. "Marseille & Provence Public Transportation Statistics". Global Public Transit Index by Moovit. Retrieved June 19, 2017. Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

External links

Media related to Transport in Marseille at Wikimedia Commons