Barely put into service, and already (temporarily) stored in the boxes. The new traffic plan for city buses in the North Moselle region, operated by the company TransFensch, has caused a wave of discontent since its application in the field at the start of the September school year.
On paper, this new branching of lines, validated by the Syndicat Mixte des Transports Urbains Thionville Fensch (Smitu), resulted in the elimination of school buses and created for the first time the principle of connections.
Still according to Smitu, it was “adapted to the realities” of the electric high-level service bus (BRT), the first examples of which will circulate in the near future. This is not the case, despite some changes made in the emergency, still plague users.
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Reverse
Faced with the growing and persistent discontent of the latter, gathered partly in collective (Usag’ThiFensch), the elected officials of Smitu, gathered this Tuesday in crisis cell, therefore backed down. “The network is obviously not suitable, concedes Roger Schreiber, its president. So we decided to go back to the previous situation, putting the old network back in place. “
An about-face hailed by the Usag’ThiFensch association, chaired by Yan Rutili. It’s a first victory, according to him. “However, we will continue to mark them in the pants. We have just created this association because we demand a fair public service for all on the perimeter of the 35 municipalities. We find that it is not our job to concentrate user feedback instead of Smitu, but we will. This is why, in 15 days, we will be present in all the localities served to amend the Excel file which centralizes the discontents and which we will give to Smitu. “
The opportunity for Usag’ThiFensch to officially demand “the creation of an advisory committee in which would sit representatives of our association and employees”.
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Back to normal
What is certain is that this new network stored in the drawers will be relevant as soon as the electric buses are put into service, the arrival of which is expected in two years, confirms Roger Schreiber.
The return to normal is announced around the All Saints holidays. The two agglomeration communities of Portes de Thionville and Val de Fensch have promised to put their hand in the wallet to finance this backpedaling.
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