It was like an epiphany. For months that Farid Benyaya, 45, kept ” mill ” on rising gasoline prices. “It was no longer financially tenable, I had to do something”, explains this integration adviser at the local mission of Hœnheim, north of Strasbourg. He lives ” at the opposite “in Lingolsheim, only 20 kilometers away, but the whole town to cross. “About forty-five minutes morning and evening, with traffic jams. Or else fifty minutes by tram, often standing, with the heat, the noise…”
And then, the solution appeared, there, at hand, when a workshop on mobility led by an association, Mobilex. This workshop, supervised by Farid Benyaya, is intended for young people looking for a job. It was he who was the first to see a direct application in everyday life. He understands that he can cross Strasbourg more quickly and at no additional cost, by combining the TER (SNCF) and the CTS urban network. All you have to do is ask for a countermark, free, to complete your subscription. “I didn’t know it existed, I thought I had to pay for the train every time! From now on, I chain two trains, and I do my trip in twenty minutes! he enthuses. I save time and purchasing power. It changes my life! »
Didier Luces likes to see in the enthusiasm of Farid Benyaya an excellent example of the action of Mobilex, the association devoted to supporting mobility around Strasbourg, which he heads. “Improving mobility is not just about having a car or transport infrastructure. Mobility is a learned skill, he underlines. We help people know how to combine the best means according to their journey, with the right card, the right app, while many, and especially the most precarious, do not know what exists. »
Accompanying work
Like Mobilex, hundreds of associations have been carrying out this mobility support work throughout France for years. They have drawn from it an expertise and an observation, which the surge in fuel prices makes even worse: a large proportion of French people are in a situation of “precariousness” on the issue of ” move “. More than 13 million people, according to the barometer published in the spring by another association, Wimoov, with the Foundation for Nature and Man. And this, in particular because they have a strong dependence on the car, they live far from their place of work and lack solutions. Or ignore them.
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