Half the employees working in employment hubs in Ile-de-France travel less than 10km to get to work

Half the employees working in employment hubs in Ile-de-France...

 

In Ile-de-France, 43% of employees work in one of the 39 hubs identified in the first part of this study where there are over 10,000 jobs. Getting an idea of commuter journeys to and from employment hubs in Ile-de-France is part of the Grand Paris project, one of whose aims is to shorten the home-workplace commute for people in Ile-de-France. Half the employees working in employment hubs in Ile-de-France travel less than 10km to get to work.
Because they are better served by public transport and offer a range of jobs, the two main employment hubs, the Central Business District and La Défense, attract employees from the whole of the region and even further away. The average distance covered by employees travelling to work is less when the employment hub is situated in a densely-populated territory rich in jobs, i.e. in the centre of the conglomeration. This distance varies between 6.5km for workers in the Paris 5th, 6th and 7th employment hub and 22km for those working in the hub in Roissy. The future Grand Paris Express will improve services to certain out-lying hubs, in particular Roissy, Villepinte and Guyancourt-Montigny-le-Bretonneux-Trappes.
The commuting distance also varies according to the characteristics of the workers. The average distance travelled is a little less for women than for men, and shorter for blue collar workers and office employees than for those in middle and line managerial or executive posts. The average commuting distance also depends on the field of operations of the employment hubs. It is shorter for employees in administrative hubs than for those specialising in transport.
Some hubs find it difficult to recruit their workers from nearby. This can broadly be explained by the type of work on offer and the characteristics of the active resident population, the higher price of properties near these hubs and also the lack of attractivity of certain territories for executives. A high proportion of executives who work in Paris or in neighbouring hubs to the west of the city, live in Paris. The Seine-Saint-Denis employment hubs attract executives living outside the department. For example, most executives working in the Saint-Denis employment hub live in Paris (24%) or in the Hauts-de-Seine (16%) whereas only 8% live in Seine-Saint-Denis itself. Certain outlying or specialist hubs also find it difficult to recruit their executives from close by (Roissy, Villepinte, Chessy, Guyancourt, Plaisir-Elancourt…).

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  • Half the employees working in employment hubs in Ile-de-France travel less than 10km to get to work

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