Politics · France · 8 hrs ago
Paris plans €200 million for cycling routes and safer junctions by 2032
Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire has announced a new cycling plan for the French capital.
The 2027–2032 plan has a budget of €200 million to improve cycling and street safety.
It aims to add 140 km of cycling routes and make 220 km of streets two-way for cyclists.
The city also plans to make 420 more junctions safer, with work at 56 due to begin in 2027.
The measures build on a network that already has more than 1,600 km of cycling routes and are intended to make journeys more continuous and safer.
Paris says the plan supports its goal of zero road deaths or serious injuries by 2050.
Paris plans to invest €200 million in cycling routes and road safety from 2027 to 2032.
The plan aims to add 140 kilometres of cycling routes and secure 420 more junctions.
The city says the work is intended to improve network continuity and make journeys safer.
Initial projects are due to begin in 2027, including on several avenues and streets across Paris.
Paris says it is pursuing a goal of zero road deaths and serious injuries by 2050.
- Who
- Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire and his deputy for transport, Dan Lert, announced the plan.
- What
- Paris plans €200 million of investment, including 140 kilometres of cycling routes and safety work at 420 junctions.
- When
- The plan covers 2027 to 2032, with some junction work and route projects starting in 2027.
- Where
- Paris, France.
- Why
- The city aims to improve cycling network continuity and safety, and pursue zero road deaths and serious injuries by 2050.
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Emmanuel Grégoire was elected, according to Le Parisien.
Grégoire and deputy mayor Dan Lert announced the plan.
Initial cycling route projects and work to secure 56 junctions are planned to begin.
Paris plans to carry out the cycling plan.
- Budget
- €200 million
- New cycling routes
- 140 kilometres
- Junctions to secure
- 420
- Junctions targeted from 2027
- 56
- Plan period
- 2027–2032
- Road-safety goal
- Zero deaths and serious injuries by 2050
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