Lignes d'Azur, the public transport network of the city of Nice, and Uber join forces to offer the network's annual subscribers a complementary night-time transport experience. The offer was launched this Wednesday, July 4th, 2018. " Today, we are launching an experiment in partnership with Uber , which aims to offer our annual subscribers aged over 18, a complementary and personalized night service to accompany them in their last kilometers ", here are the words of Philippe Pradal, President of the Régie Ligne d'Azur, about the partnership that his company has just signed with Uber, the giant of the VTC. The experiment began on July 4, 2018, for a period of one year. A FIXED PRICE VTC SERVICE OF 6 EUROS BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2:30 AM A fixed price of 6 euros will be offered to travelers wishing to race from or to one of the six L1 tram stations. This offer is effective from 20 hours, at which time the bus lines departing from these stations stop. And this, until 2:30 am, end time of the tram service. With this partnership, the city of Nice Côte d'Azur wants to allow subscribers of the urban network to have a reliable service to move more easily and thus connect to the existing public transport offer. A DEDICATED APP FOR THE 50,000 SUBSCRIBERS OF THE NICE TRANSPORT SERVICE

The partnership will be effective thanks to an option called "Lines of Azur", which will appear on the Uber application of the 50,000 members of the transport service Nice, which are eligible. To qualify, subscribers must apply for the race when they are in the geographical area of ​​one of the six tram stations, or by indicating one of these stations, from their home located near an eligible bus line. Citizens will be able to travel more easily the first or last kilometer that separates them from the station at their home. A COST BORNE BY THE RÉGIE LIGNE D'AZUR AND UBER To guarantee subscribers Lignes d'Azur a fixed price of 6 euros, the two companies at the initiative of this experiment share equally the compensation of the race, rising to 30,000 euros each. This sum to pay the drivers for the race actually performed. WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP, UBER WANTS TO INCREASE ITS ROLE IN URBAN MOBILITY " We want to continue to play a positive role by working closely with cities to address their mobility challenges ," says Alexandre Droulers, Mobility Projects Manager at Uber. The company's ambition is to replace the use of the private car, by offering more optimal alternatives to users, whether public transport, VTC, bicycles, or even on foot. Uber's commitment is to use technology in the best possible way to find solutions to urban problems and thus contribute to more enjoyable cities. It is the first French partnership between an urban transport operator and the American giant, illustrating the positive role that the latter can play in the development of urban mobility. The Régie Ligne d'Azur and Uber are giving themselves one year of experimentation to judge if the project is useful and viable. This will depend, among other things, on the number of subscribers who wished to benefit from the option, but also on the number of races carried out.

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