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Yves Crozet in Le Monde on the future of rail post COVID-19

  • 18 August 2020
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The global COVID-19 crisis has hit the mobility sector hard. In the midst of a difficult economic backdrop, the French newspaper Le Monde interviewed Yves Crozet, economist and Research Fellow at CERRE, on the future of rail.

The SNCF, France’s national railway company, has been directly and heavily impacted by governmental guidelines that restrict mobility and incentivise teleworking. The significant drop in demand has resulted in billions of losses for the SNCF.

“Public transportation as a whole is jeopardized by this crisis. The urgency is to save it from its downward spiral.”

According to Yves Crozet, it is no longer a matter of recovery but rather a matter of rescue in order to urgently offset the incurred losses.

The economist explains that prior strategic investments must be made, such as relieving oversaturated key railway junctions. In order to regenerate, the railway network needs to regain sufficient financial means.

Reviving the railway sector correlates with European and French climate objectives for 2050. However, Yves Crozet warns that we have to do better than just pursuing a handful of isolated projects. Above all we need effective coordinated policies for the rail sector.

Read the full article in Le Monde (18 August 2020)

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Yves Crozet
Yves Crozet
CERRE Research Fellow
Sciences Po Lyon

Yves Crozet is a researcher associated with CERRE and is emeritus professor at Sciences Po in Lyon.

An economist specialising in the transport economy, he is a member of the Laboratory of Urban Planning, Transport, Economics (LAET) at Lyon University, where he was director from 1997 to 2007.

From 2010 to 2015, he was Secretary General of the World Conference on Transport Research (WCTR).

Since 2009, he has been President of the think tank French Road Union (URF). He is also a member of the quality control committee for the transport services of Ile-de-France and is a member of the CITEPA administrative council and the Conseil National Routier (CNR).

In 2016, he published a book in Editions Economica titled “Hyper-mobility and public policy: a new era?”

Lauriane Giet
Lauriane Giet
Senior Manager
Communications

Lauriane was Senior Manager for Communications at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) from April 2018 to December 2020. She led all aspects of the think tank’s communication, including relations with the press, online and offline communications.  

Previously in her career, Lauriane worked with Burson-Marsteller (BCW), a leading public relations firm, where she specialised in science and political communication. She has worked on numerous communication campaigns at UN, EU and national levels with a focus on Corporate Social Responsibility. 

She holds a Master in public relations and crisis communication from the IHECS (Institute for Higher Social Communication Studies). 

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