The new mayor of #Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire, celebrated his victory last night by riding to city hall on a Vélib' bikeshare bicycle.
He's promised 60,000 new social housing units 15 express bus routes, 1000 new pedestrian streets, completion of bike path network...
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@straphanger I like the cut of his jib....
Is helmet use while riding bicycles not common there? It always seems strange to me when it isn't. Luckily, I've never had any sort of crash where one has met the road, but I used to use mine as a battering ram while riding through overhanging vines and crap on roads in Florida. :D
Thing I learned the hard way: do not attempt this with bougainvillea. Damn if that didn't look like I'd just come out of an anime battle.
@vxo in fact, many people will argue that a mandatory helmet for all cyclists will make cycling less attractive. In that way, it may make cycling even more dangerous as car traffic will increase, leaving less space for cyclists.
The “Paris approach” had been to reserve more and more “road space” for cyclists. A dedicated place for cyclists keeps them out of the way of the dangerous car drivers (and makes car driving and parking (!) less attractive) @straphanger
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Christiaan Jacobs