Soon Vélib' in the middle of the towers of La Défense.
The self-service bicycle system will extend to the Hauts-de-Seine business district
“before summer 2025”
, the Autolib' Vélib' Métropole union, the district and the metropolis announced in a press release on Tuesday. of Greater Paris.
More than 1,200 parking spaces will be deployed in around thirty stations for the 180,000 employees and 70,000 students in the district, in particular.
In 2024, the network must also extend to Créteil (Essonne), Garches (Hauts-de-Seine) and La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis).
“The integration of the Paris La Défense perimeter into the Vélib' Métropole network marks an important step in the development of the service”
, financially supported by the Métropole du Grand Paris which recently decided to finance 100 additional stations, specifies the press release.
“Vélib' could not be absent from the dense area of La Défense any longer.
The bicycle industry is growing steadily
,” says Sylvain Raifaud, president of the Autolib’ Vélib’ Métropole (SAVM) union.
For Pierre-Yves Guice, General Director of Paris La Défense,
“it is a major symbol for the image of the cycling transformation of our neighborhood;
other actions and developments will complete this system to support the development of the practice and meet the objective that we have set ourselves to achieve 15% of the modal share of cycling by 2030
.
Vélib' now has 1,471 stations and more than 18,000 bicycles, for 73 member municipalities over 470 km2, forming
"the largest station-based shared bicycle service in the world"
, according to the operator.