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  • France to encourage bicycle use by turning Paris streets into cycle lanes to limit crowds as Coronavirus lockdown eases.

    05/05/2020 11:48:00 PM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 9 replies
    euroweeklynews.com ^ | 5 May 2020 | Damon Mitchell
    WHEN France begins lifting its coronavirus lockdown next week some of the busiest traffic lanes in Paris will be reserved for cyclists in a bid to limit crowds on public transport. The city’s mayor, Anne Hidalgo said “In total, 50 kilometres of lanes normally used by cars will be reserved for bicycles.” She also said another 30 streets would be made pedestrian-only, “in particular around schools to avoid groups of people,” she said. The mayor had announced last week that the Rue de Rivoli, one of the main thoroughfares through the heart of the capital, would be only for bikes...