‘Rather than being exceptional, Paris has caught up with many other cities from a lower starting point, said Giulio Mattioli, a transport researcher at the Technical University of Dortmund, who used to live in Paris. “The conditions were there already, you just needed to make some bike lanes and people would use them,” he said.’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/how-paris-swapped-cars-for-bikes-and-remade-its-streets
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How Paris swapped cars for bikes – and transformed its streets

Under Anne Hidalgo – mayor for 12 years until last week – the French capital added bike lanes, cut traffic and reclaimed public space, but not without resistance

The Guardian