Public transport across Paris has been badly disrupted since the strikes began on Thursday, with just two of the city's 16 Metro lines running as normal and bus and tram services severely limited - many running only during rush hours. On Monday, however things took a turn for the worse as tens of thousands of commuters returned to work, while torrential rain dissuaded all but the most committed cyclists. Anticipating a busy day, city transport officials RATP had sacrificed many weekend services to concentrate their resources on Monday and were running four rush-hour only Metro lines in addition to the two automated lines - Line 1 and Line 14 - that were running as normal. Im not sure id recommend gettin the Metro in Paris today but many workers just have no choice but to try and wait and squeeze on. Many people had apparently resorted to their cars, and by 8.30am 600km of traffic jams were being reported across the greater Paris Île-de-France region.

Source: The Local December 09, 2019 08:47 UTC