Paris has a declared, bold goal of being the "Best City in the World for Cycling... by 2020". Thus spake the Mayor Anne Hidalgo back in 2014. So what does an urban designer - who specializes in bicycle infrastructure and bike-friendly cities all over the world - think when he takes a deep dive into the State of Cycling in Paris? Three years after the "declared goal"?

Let's find out in this three-part series.
Mikael's website: https://colville-andersen.com

Links:
Bike-friendly cobblestones in Copenhagen:    • Micro-designing Better Cobblestone St...  

Cobblestones in Lviv:    • The Noisy and Crazy Cobblestones in L...  
Thanks to urban designer Romain Loubiere from https://cyclablebydesign.com for help with research and filming and wine-drinking.

0:00 Intro/Context
2:45 Faubourg-St Antoine
4:38 Rue de Renard
5:51 Blvd de Belleville
7:00 Av de la République
10:43 Left Bank
11:57 Pont au Change
13:02 Cobblestones
16:27 Bus Stops
17:05 Vélib Bikeshare
22:39 Simple Ideas
25:02 Place de la Concorde

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