Getting around the Île-de-France region during the 2024 Summer Olympics is set to be complicated. On foot, by bike, by metro or by car, where will you be able to travel without restrictions? Where will an exemption in the form of a QR code be required?
Paris is preparing for the Olympic Games (2024 Olympics). From July 26 to August 11, 2024, the capital of France will host the 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics. A few days before this major international sporting event, the questions of the people of the Paris region and future spectators are numerous. The logistics promise to be gargantuan. The main concerns concern mobility in the Île-de-France region.
How to get around the Paris region during the Olympic Games, whether on foot, by bike, by metro or by car? Will we be able to continue to travel in Paris even if we are not attending the Olympic Games? This article summarizes everything you need to know.
What will the traffic perimeters be in Paris during the 2024 Olympic Games?
Before checking your situation according to your means of transport, you should first know that perimeters will be established in Île-de-France during the Olympic Games. The restrictions on your means of transport depend on the area concerned.
The 4 types of perimeters are:
- The organizing perimeterin gray: the event area, accepting access to spectators with tickets and people accredited for the competition.
- The protection perimeterin black: people entering this area are searched.
- The restriction perimeterin red: road traffic is prohibited, except with exemption (QR code).
- The deviation perimeterin blue: road traffic is regulated (no QR code).
The perimeters will obviously change depending on the event (Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, races along the Seine, opening ceremony): you can consult all the maps valid for the Olympic and Paralympic sites on this page dedicated.
How to get around Paris during the Olympic Games?
By car, bike, foot or public transport, free movement will be affected during the Olympic Games, whatever the means of transport. But some will have more restrictions than others depending on the perimeters.
How to get around Paris on foot during the Olympics?
It will be possible to move around Paris on foot during the Olympic Games. However, there will be restrictions on walking in certain areas hosting the sports competition. However, no QR code will be required if you are on foot (this will only be valid for road traffic, and in certain places).
For pedestrians, here are the restrictions that must be taken into account depending on the perimeters:
| Zone | Accessible to pedestrians? |
|---|---|
| Black perimeter | Yes, after filtering |
| Red perimeter | Oui |
| Blue perimeter | Oui |
How to get around Paris by bike and scooter during the Olympics?
Travel by bike and scooter will be permitted in Paris during the 2024 Summer Olympics. No QR code will be required, but it will be necessary to take into account a ban on entering the protection perimeter by bike or scooter.
| Zone | Accessible to bikes and scooters? |
|---|---|
| Black perimeter | Non |
| Red perimeter | Oui |
| Blue perimeter | Oui |
How to travel by metro in Paris during the Olympic Games?
The city of Paris had promised free public transport during the 2024 Olympic Games. This promise has not been kept: accredited persons and ticket holders will have to pay to travel on the Île-de-France Mobilités network.
It can be complicated to find your way around the offers planned for this period: we have an article dedicated to the price of transport during the Olympic Games in Paris.
To summarize, you can remember these 4 key points, which will be valid from July 20 to September 8, 2024 in public transport in the Paris region:
- A metro or train ticket in Paris will cost 4 € ; an RER or train ticket with travel outside Paris will cost 6 €.
- A Paris 2024 pass will be created to travel throughout the Île-de-France region and will cost 16 € per day or 70 € per week.
- Subscribers to a monthly, annual, imagine’R or senior Navigo pass will not be affected by the increases.
- Occasional Parisian travelers are invited to buy their transport tickets before July 20, 2024 on an Easy card, or to use a Navigo Liberté + subscription. Each ticket should then be worth 1,73 €.
How to drive in Paris during the Olympic Games?
Motorized traffic in Paris during the Olympic Games is expected to be quite complicated. In the areas closest to the sports competitions, there will be severe traffic restrictions for the entire duration of the Olympic Games.
| Zone | Accessible to cars? |
|---|---|
| Black perimeter | No, except for emergency services and “operation sentinel” vehicles |
| Red perimeter | No, except with exemption (QR code) |
| Blue perimeter | Yes, except transit traffic (proof to be provided) |
Olympic Red Zone (QR code required)
It’s in the red perimeter that the circulation of cars will be completely prohibited and that it will be necessary to present an exemption in the form of a QR code to drive from July 18. The platform to obtain the famous Games Pass is operational.
Grey Zone of the Olympic Games (QR code required)
In the grey area, car traffic will be completely prohibited and you will also have to present your Games Pass to drive from July 18.
Olympic Blue Zone (no digital pass required)
In the blue perimeter, Traffic will be strictly regulated: only people living, working or going to a shop/restaurant in the area will be able to drive there. The blue zone is not affected by QR codes, but there will be checks and you will have to be able to justify the reason for your car trip. Transit travel (consisting of simply crossing the zone) will not be allowed.
To find out if you are eligible for car travel in the different zones, you can consult this more detailed table access to traffic areas.
Source: www.numerama.com
