"In Paris, they are only used for 10 per cent of daily trips but they take up 50 percent of the public space."But the city has been at the forefront of innovation, setting up a pioneering bike-share service back in 2007.Then came the Autolib' electric car-sharing scheme which was followed by a flood of dockless bikes, and then the overnight appearance of e-scooters that exploded onto the streets in the summer of 2018.
"I'd like to slap them," fumes Nordine, a woman in her 40s walking through the Marais district, muttering furiously about"the lack of public spirit". Since July 1, all diesel vehicles registered before 2006 have been banned from entering the city, but should the authorities go further and shut the entire city centre to cars?
"Generally speaking, those who are using these new means of transport are people who used to use the metro," he said.To get away from fuel-powered vehicles, the focus should be on electric bikes, which could potentially help those living in the suburbs, he said."In France, we are two or three times worse off than Germany or the Netherlands" in terms of the number of electric bikes, he said.
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