Paris will become a "city of bicycles"

Paris will add 180 km of permanent bike lanes and 450 km of new cycle paths, tripling the current 60,000 bike parking spots. The city is also paying special attention to infrastructure around the intersections between the inner city and the suburbs, aiming to create better connections between cycling networks in the metro area.

Sharing with AFP News Agency, David Belliard - Deputy Mayor of Paris said: "Our goal is to make the city 100% bicycle-friendly." And to complete the above goal, Paris has spent 250 million euros (291 million USD) to improve the situation and create new changes.

Given the many problems that arise with the use of public transport in the city, this plan is a solution that is welcomed by many residents. Recently, during the period of living with Covid-19, traveling by bike has become relatively popular in Paris, with the city having more than a million bike trips per day.

However, the rapid increase of bicycles on the streets also causes some difficult traffic situations, which is the main reason why the city is committed to increasing police control of cyclists and publicizing new road rules to ensure the safety of all road users.

Ms. Anne Hidalgo - Mayor of Paris, said that the city government always prioritizes environmental protection plans and wants to turn the French capital into "the greenest city in Europe" by 2030. However, the plan to turn Paris into a "bicycle city" has only been announced to the public and has not yet been presented and voted on at the Paris Council.

The urban cycling project is one of many initiatives in the plan to turn Paris into an environmentally friendly destination, ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics. Along with that, Paris has also limited the number of cars in the inner city to a certain level and set a goal to eliminate diesel cars by 2024, to minimize the negative impacts that this type of vehicle causes on the environment.

Khanh Ha