“Politicians want to make Paris a cycling city, but no one is following any rules. And Paris now ranks among the world’s Top 10 cycling cities,But with success has come major growing pains. “It’s like Paris is in anarchy,” said Jean-Conrad LeMaitre, a former banker who was out for a stroll recently along the Rue de Rivoli. Copenhagen — the model that Paris aspires to — has efficient layouts for cycling paths that allow bikes, pedestrians and cars to coexist within a hierarchy of space. In Paris, parts of the 1,000-kilometer citywide cycling network (about 620 miles) can steer bikers into hazardous interactions with cars, pedestrians and other cyclists.

Source: bd News24 October 03, 2021 04:30 UTC