Île-de-France Mobilités
Transport agency for Île-de-France (Paris) region in France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Île-de-France Mobilités is the governmental authority (EPA) that controls and coordinates the different companies operating the Paris-area public transport network and the rest of the Île-de-France region. In this capacity, it issues operating contracts for the various services, owns the buses and rolling stock used on those services, and acts as the main financing body for transport projects in the region. It coordinates the operation of RATP Group, SNCF, and the nearly 90 Optile-affiliated bus companies.
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Formation | 14 December 2000 |
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Type | Governmental |
Legal status | Établissement public à caractère administratif |
Purpose | Transport authority |
Headquarters | Paris, France |
Region served | Île-de-France |
President | Valérie Pécresse President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France |
Director General | Laurent Probst |
Budget | 2014-15: €9.4 billion[1] |
Staff | 389 (2015)[1] |
Website | www |
The origins of the organization can be traced back to the Syndicat des Transports Parisiens (STP), which was created by the French Government in 1959 to coordinate the various operations in the Paris region. The STP also provided oversight for the construction of the Réseau Express Régional and established the unified Carte orange fare payment system. In 1991, the STP was empowered to cover the entire Île-de-France region.
The STP was reorganized into the Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (Stif) in 2000, giving the agency the ability to enter into competitive contracts with operators and more tightly control its expenses. This process of decentralization allowed the French Government to pass control of Stif to the Île-de-France regional government in 2005. In 2017, the agency was rebranded as Île-de-France Mobilités.