The use of the various mobility services in the Basque Country metropolitan area is marked by a “strong increase” from July to September 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, wrote the Syndicat des mobilités de la Communauté Basque Country in a press release. It also announces the increase or the implementation of new services from 2022.
More self-service electric bicycles
While the inhabitants of the Agglomeration can now find 120 self-service electric bicycles, the offer will increase “from the 2nd quarter of 2022 with more than 600 bicycles with electric assistance available in 80 stations “. This service concerns” the most urban part “of the territory, specifies the Syndicate, adding that 250 electric bicycles will” also be available on the whole of the territory, with the possibility to rent folding bikes, hybrid bikes, or cargo bikes. “
For motorists, two relay car parks should be created, as well as a shuttle to the beaches of Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Located in the sectors of Layatz and Acotz, they should have a capacity of 200 places each and will also make it possible to reach the city center, by Line 3. The first should be in place in 2022, the second the following year. .
These new mobility offers are added to the extension of Line 2 of the Tram’Bus already in progress, whose work is continuing on Matras and the Haut de la rue Maubec. Work to more than 4 million euros which must be completed next summer.