Every day a large number of people come to work in Paris on their own transport, which complicates the movement and parking in the city of Paris. Therefore, city authorities are actively campaigning car owners to use public transport.
The most convenient and fastest transport in Paris is the metro – one of the oldest in Europe, its first line was opened on July 19, 1900. At present, the semi-state company RATP is engaged in the operation of the metro.
The Paris metro consists of 16 lines (14 complete and 2 complementary, two lines at the ends of the ramification) with a total length of 212.5 km, which makes it one of the largest in the world