Join Us in France · Sunday, September 27, 2026
A 19-year-old named Sebastien Dominguez has developed 'Balance Ton Ascenseur,' a website that maps approximately 2,300 public elevators in the Paris region. The site addresses the issue of frequently broken elevators, providing real-time, crowdsourced updates that supplement official data feeds.
“His older brother uses a wheelchair, and after years of getting around Paris with him, Sebastien saw firsthand how often a broken public elevator turns into a dead end.”
“It's a map, and it now tracks close to 2,300 public elevators across the Île-de-France, pulling data from the SNCF, Île-de-France Mobilités, and the City of Paris.”
“If users flag the same elevator as broken three times, he manually updates its status on the map.”