How Paris beat the car.

The city’s transition away from the car has become a global role model.

Under mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris was “the most influential city in the world”, says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian.

Parisian car traffic fell by more than half between 2002 and 2023, while cycle lanes expanded sixfold. Bikes now make more than twice as many journeys as cars.

Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 years, exulted: “The bike beat the car.”

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#Paris #Cars #Cycling

How Paris beat the car.

The city’s transition away from the car has become a global role model. Under mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris was “the most influential city in the world”, says Canadian urbanist Brent …

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Oooh, a prior oil crisis is what turned the Netherlands from a driving country to a bicycling country.

The Guardian: Do we want to keep fixing the same issue? Unlearned lessons from the first big oil crisis

As energy prices tripled in the 1970s due to Middle Eastern wars, Scandinavia, France and the Netherlands sped up green transition

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#IranWar #bicycling #BikeTooter #cycling