Towns of 20,000 to 100,00 0 inhabitants and their urban areas are the living environment for a quarter of the French population. They are just as involved as cities in sustainable mobility issues. But solutions need to be tailored to the particular challenges and contexts of these so-called “medium-sized” towns.

In 2007, Certu and the French federation of mayors of medium- sized towns (FMVM) launched a survey to examine Car park – Centre shuttles, a concept particularly well-suited to this size of urban area.