How Paris is pushing for a '100% bikeable' city concept

Paris has already spent 150 million euros on an initial biking plan, calling this the start of a "revolution" for the capital. Photo: Martin Bureau/AFP

The city of Paris recently promised to develop its network of secure cycling lanes as part of a five-year plan to make the French capital "100% bikeable" with €250mil (RM1.2bil) of extra spending.

Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo, who runs Paris with support from the Green party, placed a push for more bike-friendly policies at the centre of her platform that got her re-elected by a wide margin in June last year.