Beaune chaired a meeting of the Strategic Mobility Committee (SMC) for Paris 2024, which was also attended by Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games Amélie Oudéa-Castéra and Minister for People with Disabilities Geneviève Darrieussecq.

Representatives from the Organising Committee, French state, operators and transport companies were also in attendance.

An inaccessibility of Paris 2024 venues by bike has been one transport concern raised in recent months, with the Collectif Vélo Île-de-France group claiming that 90 per cent could not be reached.

The SMC vowed to provide a "secure route" and storage options for spectators who wish to travel to venues by bike, and claimed that only 25 kilometres of the 418km Olympic cycling network is still to be completed.

Public transport accessibility for wheelchair users is another concern, with International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons expressing his hope that local laws can be relaxed to improve the facilities at key metro stations for the Paris 2024 Paralympics.

The SMC received updates from the Île-de-France Mobilités which coordinates Paris' transport companies, and transport operators ADP, SNCF and RATP.

Each presented action plans aimed at improving the journey of passengers with reduced mobility, including a shuttle service between main stations and Paris 2024 venues.

Plans for the Opening Ceremony along the River Seine were discussed by the SMC, including the aim for all 40 boats to be electric, hybrid or use innovative fuels such as hydrogen.

Beaune expressed his belief in the importance of the SMC meeting.

"To host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the best possible conditions, I wanted to bring together at a steady pace all the actors in charge of mobility in order to manage the good progress of the various projects undertaken," he said.

"Today, I wanted to shed particular light on accessibility issues.

"The progress in terms of accessibility is already notable, and we must collectively do better to ensure not only inclusive Games, but also a long-term quality leap for the management of PRMs [passengers with reduced mobility] in transport.

"The Games are also a unique opportunity to accelerate the development of cycling: thus, all competition sites in Île-de-France must be accessible to bicycles and equipped with parking lots."

Oudéa-Castéra said that the meeting "enabled us to make a precise inventory of the progress of the work", and vowed that the Games will be "fully accessible and the most ecological event in history".

Darrieussecq added that it "allows us to build sustainable solutions that must go beyond the horizon of Paris 2024 and be a concrete legacy for our fellow citizens with disabilities".

The next SMC meeting has been scheduled for February 2023.

SNCF official Florent Bardon is set to head up the SMC from December 19, having been appointed as national mobility coordinator earlier this month.

The Paris 2024 Olympics is scheduled to take place from July 26 to August 11, followed by the Paralympics from August 28 to September 8.