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In Lyon, environmentalists are launching their "express bicycle network"

2021-06-04T11:10:27.712Z


The metropolis of Lyon launched its “express bicycle network” project on Friday, 250 km of cycle paths to be created or upgraded by 2026 to connect ...


The metropolis of Lyon on Friday launched its “

express bicycle network

” project, 250 km of cycle paths to be created or upgraded by 2026 to link the municipalities of the agglomeration to the city center, with the hope of reducing traffic automobile.

"

We want to triple bicycle trips by 2026, it is ambitious but it is possible

", assures its ecological president, Bruno Bernard, in post for almost a year at the head of the community of 1.4 million d 'inhabitants.

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Already 100 km of slopes

The first line of this network, 17 km long between Vaulx-en-Velin in the east and Saint-Fons in the south, in the "

valley of chemistry

" where thousands of people work, was presented to the press in the walls of the University of Lyon 2 on the banks of the Rhône.

These are already well developed and frequented, with more than 14,000 bike trips per day recorded last week.

But a section missing from the university will be completed by March 2022.

Of the 250 km of the network, 100 km already exist, "

more or less

" in the format of the future network, according to Fabien Bagnon, vice-president of the metropolis in charge of roads and active mobility.

The width standard will be 3 to 4 meters depending on the location, the cycle paths must be separated from road traffic by curbs, a guarantee of safety.

In addition to widening works where necessary, 150 km of tracks will have to be created.

Line 1 Saint-Fons - Vaulx, which will also serve the Doua university campus to the north and the Halle Tony Garnier (a performance hall) to the south, will be gradually extended towards its ends, in connection with the construction of new lines of tramway, from 2024.

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"Open up working-class neighborhoods"

Hélène Geoffroy, PS mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin sees in the development of mobility "

a major stake in opening up the working-class districts

": she has been waiting for a tram line for a long time and welcomes the concomitant arrival of the bicycle, which "

does not should not only concern the better-off

”. At present, the network is often lacking beyond the device.

Bruno Bernard like Grégory Doucet, EELV mayor of Lyon, also see the development of the bicycle, at the expense of the car, enough to reduce pollution while improving public health and purchasing power. A budget of 100 million euros is planned for the 250 km of network, planned over 320 km in the long term. The entire route will be unveiled in September after consultation with the mayors of the agglomeration (which has 59 municipalities) and user associations. Express networks already exist in Strasbourg or Grenoble.

Source: lefigaro

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