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Paris is to double the
number of cycling lanes(车道) by 2020 to turn
the city into "the world's bike capital".
The 150-million-euro
project will increase the number of safe bike lanes from the current 700 kilometres(about
435 miles) to 1,400 kilometres within five years. Paris town hall hopes the new
lanes will help triple the number of journeys made on a bike from 5
percent to 15 percent in that time.
The new "express
network" for bikes will introduce protected cycling lanes on major avenues
throughout the city, including the banks of the Seine(塞纳河), separated from the traffic.
"This plan will
create a new form of tourism in Paris which is becoming more and more popular elsewhere,"
said Christophe Najdovski, Green deputy mayor(副市长)in charge of transport. The plans come days after Paris suffered
worrying pollution levels that briefly topped Shanghai, according to one
weather agency.
The plans also include
increasing the number of two-way cycling lanes on smaller roads where the speed
limit for motorists will be limited to 30 km/h. Among the new cycling lanes
will be one along the dangerous Champs Elysees. About 10,000 bike parking
spaces will be added.