Rennes, Annecy, Créteil, Saint-Maur, Paris… With confinement, all these cities, like seventy others in France, have set up temporary cycle paths, quickly renamed “coronapistes”, identifiable by their yellow markings on the road. pavement, concrete dividers or plastic pads.
In total, nearly 1,000 kilometers have been added to the lanes of the road network reserved for the little queen since last spring.
One way for local communities to support the development of cycling as an alternative means of transport.
However, these tracks are far from having aroused unanimity among road users.
Under their pressure, departments or cities tend to oust them from their travel plan.
“Our survey on transitional arrangements, the second part of which has just been published, shows that 20% of the“ coronapistes ”have been eliminated,
comments Patricia Pilon, general secretary of the
“ Club des
Villes et Territoires ”
association.
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