Paris will invest €200 million to expand bike lanes
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Paris officials plan to invest €200 million to improve bicycle infrastructure through 2032.
The city intends to build 140 more kilometers of bike lanes and convert 220 kilometers of one-way streets to allow bicycle traffic in both directions. Paris also aims to renovate 420 intersections to make them safer for cyclists. The city has already established a network of 454 kilometers of dedicated bike lanes, and when including marked bike lanes on regular streets, the network totals around 1,600 kilometers.
City officials cite a 47 percent increase in bicycle use since 2020, with 10 percent of commuters now traveling to work by bicycle, up from 4.8 percent in 2017. Authorities will also increase monitoring of car traffic and enforce rules to protect cyclists and pedestrians, as statistics show cars are involved in roughly half of all bicycle accidents in Paris. In 2024, more than 1,000 cyclists were injured in accidents, including 67 serious injuries and two fatalities.
