Groupement des autorités responsables de transport


The groupement des autorités responsables de transport is a French Association founded in 1980. It is formed of 263 autorité organisatrice de transports, of which 185 are agglomeration communities or urban communities, 59 are general councils and 19 are regional councils. These members have the objective of implementing and improving public transport in France. GART is a platform of exchange and transport matters, representing all political tendencies, and acts as their spokesbody at the national and European level.

Mission

To be the spokesbody for French transport organisations before institutions, government, parliament, European Union bodies and the mass media.
The association is headed by a President, in September 2014 this was Louis Nègre mayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer since 1995. The previous incumbent was Roland Ries, the senator-mayor of Strasbourg, elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2011.
Ries was vice-president of GART from 1996 to 2001.
Start dateEnd dateNamePartyPosition
10 September 2014September 2017Louis NègreUMPMayor of Cagnes-sur-Mer
14 September 20119 September 2014Roland RiesSocialistSenator-mayor of Strasbourg
10 September 200813 September 2011Roland RiesSocialistSenator-mayor of Strasbourg
20012008Michel DestotSocialistDeputy mayor of Grenoble
19892001Jacques AuxietteSocialistMayor of La Roche-sur-Yon

Complementary activities

In 2005, together with the Union des transports publics et ferroviaires, GART created the "GIE Objectif transport public". Its mission was to promote sustainable public transport both to the public at large and to professionals in the sector.