In Paris, cars forced to make way for the two-wheel revolution

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 3, 2019 people use an Lime-S electric scooter of the US company Lime in Paris. - Electric scooter, gyropode and hoverboard market in France shows an increase of 32% in 2018, boosted by a 76% increase for the electric scooter, according to a survey published on April 1, 2019. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)

With the wind rushing through their hair, they zip past on bikes, electric scooters and mono-wheels, effortlessly passing lines of hot-and-bothered drivers stuck in the endless Paris traffic. 

In the French capital, the new mobility revolution has caught on fast, with locals and tourists embracing the growing array of app-based ways to get around.