The new mayor of #Paris, Emmanuel GrΓ©goire, celebrated his victory last night by riding to city hall on a VΓ©lib' 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 @ymasumac @straphanger here in Basel, Switzerland: helmets are strongly recommended.
The local "floating" (station-less) bike rental - Pick-e-bike - provides helmets in back baskets of their bicycles.
People seem civilized enough that these are not stolen.
The helmets are "one-size-fit-all"s, so one might still need to bring their own in case of outlier head-size.
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