Saturday is classified as red at the national level, regardless of the direction of travel, according to forecasts by Bison Futé, which announced at noon that the peak had been reached with 917 km of traffic jams throughout the territory.
This weekend “we expect (…) many trips to take advantage of a long weekend” of the feast of the Assumption on August 15, has indicated the public road information service, which has predicted “very difficult” traffic in Auvergne. -Rhône-Alpes and in the Mediterranean Arc.
“The peak of traffic jams was reached at 12:00 p.m. nationwide with 917 km of traffic jams” and “The peak of traffic jams was reached at 11:50 a.m. in the Mediterranean Arc with 303 km of traffic jams,” said Bison Futé .
Saturday is classified as red nationally and black over the northern part of the western Mediterranean in the direction of departures.
In the sense of returns, the influx is classified in red for the entire territory.
a green sunday
The main traffic difficulties are found on the A9, A75, A7 and A61 motorways between 60 and 90 km of traffic jams, Bison Futé’s traffic forecast underlined.
“In this context of intense traffic, motorists are recommended to avoid driving on Saturday and postpone their trip for Sunday,” the public service recommended.
Traffic will be less dense for the rest of the weekend, with a “green” Sunday in both directions, except in the southeast of the country.
A peak of more than 1,000 km of traffic jams accumulated at noon on Saturday of the second crossover weekend of the summer (August 6), a day classified as red for departures nationwide and black in a broad southeast quarter.
For its part, the Blablacar platform expects its largest weekend of summer attendance in its entire bus and carpooling network, with nearly 300,000 passengers expected.
SNCF, for its part, has 1.3 million passengers on board its trains between Friday and Monday on long-distance trips (TGV, Ouigo, Intercité) and a quarter of its trains are full throughout the week . only for saturday. The weekend of August 15 should be the second busiest weekend of the summer in terms of passengers.
Source: BFM TV
