Paris region to boost cycle commuting with bike parks and e-bikes

FILE PHOTO: A woman rides a bicycle along a bike path on the Pont de Bir-Hakeim bridge in Paris, France, September 14, 2018. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

PARIS: The Paris region wants to boost the number of people who cycle to work by investing in new cycle lanes and infrastructure and a subsidised electric bike rental scheme.

Valerie Pecresse, conservative head of the Ile-de-France region around the French capital, said it would invest €100mil (RM462.89mil) to get to 2 million commuter journeys per day by 2021.