On the occasion of World Mobility and Accessibility Day, Tuesday April 30, the public authorities published an accessibility guide for the Paris 2024 Games for people with disabilities, in the form of an infographic.
In fourteen animated “maps”, the State, in collaboration with the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee (Cojop), the city of Paris and the main transport operators concerned (RATP, SNCF, Ile-de-France Mobilités, Aéroports of Paris), presents the various accessibility measures put in place during the Olympic Games (from July 26 to August 11) and Paralympic Games (from August 28 to September 8) for which 3 million people suffer from a disability, including 350 000 in wheelchairs, are expected.
Available at https://desjeuxpourtous.fr, the infographic is distributed on the websites and networks of social ministries and Cojop. It is subtitled, described in audio, translated into sign language, and work on colors and contrasts has been carried out to make it accessible to all types of disabilities – a FALC version (for easy to understand, particularly for people with mental disabilities) and another in English will be available in May.
The digital tool explains that 280,000 places in competitions are reserved for people with disabilities and their companions. The infographic also explains how to prepare your trip for the Games, how to travel by transport through the streets of the capital or access the Olympic sites and details all the assistance devices provided according to the types of disabilities since leaving a plane or a train to the competition venues.
1,000 accessible green taxis
During the last interministerial disability committee, in September 2023, around ten measures were listed as priorities to achieve universal accessibility in transport, including: the generalization of visual and audio accessibility of the historic Ile-de-France metro, the increasing the number of elevators in stations or even training taxi drivers to welcome people with disabilities.
Only line 14 (automatic and the latest entry into service) which will be extended to Orly airport, to the south, and to Saint-Denis Pleyel (near the Olympic village), to the north, is fully accessible. The public authorities prefer to highlight the fact that all means of surface transport in the Ile-de-France region (bus, tram) are accessible, as are all of the RER A and B stations (65 in total).
Aéroports de Paris, for its part, argues that the possibility of keeping one’s seat up to the plane doors will be effective during the Games before being generalized. President Emmanuel Macron’s promise to deploy by the summer a fleet of 1,000 green taxis – the condition for the granting of public subsidies – and accessible to wheelchairs should be kept. At the end of April, around 700 were in circulation on the streets of Paris. “The objective will be achieved”assures the Minister of Transport, according to whom more than 900 vehicle orders had been recorded by the Police Prefecture in February.
The State recalls that it has granted a budget of 1.5 billion euros in total for making France more accessible by 2027, including 430 million euros for stations, 300 million euros aid to establishments open to the public or even 500 million intended for communities. “The State wishes to make these Games an accelerator of change for the inclusion of people with disabilities”, outlines a map of the infographic. A clear and ambitious objective but too often ignored in recent years.
Our selection of articles on the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Find all our content on the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games:
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Should we fear the worst in transport in Ile-de-France?
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Paris 2024: meeting the transport challenge, a test before its time
The Olympic BMX track, too advantageous a playing field for the French team?
The Paris 2024 Olympic Village takes up residence in Seine-Saint-Denis
A logistical time trial at the Olympic Village for the Organizing Committee
Bernard Thibault: “For the 2024 Games, our objective is to demonstrate that major events are not incompatible with high social rights
- Athlete preparation
Volleyball player Lucille Gicquel revises her ranges in Türkiye before the French team’s big Olympic debut
At the Paris Paralympic Games, Cyrille Chahboune and the French volleyball players will be seated for the first time
Janja Garnbret, “best climber of all time” and icon in Slovenia
Inauguration and crowd bath for Clarisse Agbégnénou before the home stretch of her Olympic preparation
The marathon course shakes up athletes’ training habits
Four months before the Paris 2024 Olympics, all the lights are green for “the king of swimming” Léon Marchand
Does France really have the means to shine in the medal rankings?
Simone Biles on her way to Paris 2024: “I’m getting old and I have more to lose”
- The question of the presence of Russian and Belarusian athletes
In Russia, the sports movement is torn apart over its participation in the Olympics
“All the ingredients come together to replay an episode in the long history of Olympic boycotts”
Thomas Bach, IOC President: “The aggressiveness of the Russian government is growing day by day, against the Committee, against the Games, against me”
The popular ticket office of the State and local authorities faces the challenge of logistics
The government is struggling to distribute its free tickets to people with disabilities
The Organizing Committee ensures that it has completed more than 90% of its revenue budget
Tony Estanguet confirms that there have been salary increases at the management of the Games Organizing Committee
In search of savings, the organizers of the Games are seeking help from partner communities
- Ongoing legal investigations
Tony Estanguet, the boss of the Games, in his turn in the sights of justice
The “four musketeers” of the organizing committee targeted by the PNF
- The Olympic Torch Relay
Some municipalities are irritated by the requirements and costs linked to hosting the torch relay
The government steps on the accelerator to close the accessibility gap
- Seine-Saint-Denis and the Games
The Olympic aquatic center, an XXL swimming pool for Seine-Saint-Denis
La Courneuve between enthusiasm and concern regarding the transformation of Georges-Valbon Park
The Red Star Rugby of Saint-Ouen deprived of a stadium because of the Games
An island, an eco-friendly mayor and “the chance” to benefit from the Games
- Paris at Games time
As the Games approach, associations fighting against poverty fear “social cleansing”
Enthusiastic inauguration for the Adidas Arena, the new venue at Porte de la Chapelle
- The Games are not just Paris and Seine-Saint-Denis
Marseille is banking on the arrival of the Olympic flame to arouse interest in the Games
In Martinique and Guadeloupe, Olympic fever rises remotely
In Polynesia, Teahupoo is delighted to host the 2024 Olympic Games but fears overtourism
- Environmental issues
“The objective of reducing bacteriological pollution in the Seine by 75% will be achieved”, assures the Minister of Sports
The risks of a scorching summer raise fears of a suffocating Olympic Games
Halving the carbon footprint of meals served at the Games: the other challenge of Paris 2024
How the organizers of the Olympic Games plan to deal with a heatwave this summer
- The societal issues that the Games highlight
The anti-Olympics struggle to mobilize
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At the time of sport, a major national cause, the worrying situation of swimming pools in France
School sport is still looking for the right formula
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