Paris's 5 year cycling revolution: Twice the cycle lanes and three times the cyclists by 2020 | road.cc

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Paris is to experience something of a cycling revolution, with plans to double the number of cycling lanes in the city and triple the number of daily bike journeys.

The plans, laid out by the city hall this week, aim to provide 1,400 kilometres of safe cycling routes by 2020, up from the current 700 kilometres.

"The aim is to travel and cycle across the city in comfort and security," Kiki Lambert, spokeswoman for the cycling association in Ile-de-France, told The Local. . . .

Currently 5 per cent of journeys are made by bike, and planners hope that the infrastructure improvements will lead to that number rising to 15 per cent.

All the wide main boulevards linking east and west, north and south, will get express cycle lanes fully segregated from traffic, while on smaller roads there will be two way lanes with cars restricted to 30kmph (18.5mph).

“This plan will create a new form of tourism in Paris which is booming elsewhere," Christophe Najdovski, the Green Party deputy for transport at the Paris council who proposed the plan, said in a statement.

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MoBikeFed comment: We often talk about the fact that Missouri communities are competing for business and tourism in a global economy--where communities that are built to be inviting and safe for bicycling and walking and increasingly the norm.

The very best few cities for bicycling in Missouri have about half the amount of bicycling that Paris does and more typical cities have 1/10th or 1/20th as much--and now Paris is shooting to triple the amount of bicycling with this ambitious plan.

We have some catching up to do in Missouri . . .