Cycling in Paris

As of 2021, about 15% of trips in the city are made by bicycle, taking place on over 1,000 km (620 mi) of cycling paths.

[3][4] Four major recreational cycling routes—EuroVelo 3, Avenue Verte, the Seine à Vélo, and the Veloscenic—pass by Notre-Dame Cathedral.

Following an accident between a horse-drawn carriage and a velocipede on rue Saint-Antoine, a judgment handed down in May 1869 fined the velocipedist one franc, in accordance with article 113 of the ordinance of 25 July 1862,[5] which banned "games involving skittles, palets, barrels, etc."

The Prefect of Police, Léon Renault, lifted the ban with an ordinance on 9 November 1874 that equated a velocipede with a carriage, and thus required it to be equipped with a lantern, bell and license plate.

[6] In 1869, Richard Lesclide, the editor of the Le Vélocipède illustré, organized the world's first city-to-city bicycle road race, from Paris to Rouen.

Dubbed the "Pilgrim's Route", it runs between Santiago de Compostela in Spain and Trondheim in Norway.

The switch between operators was defined by electrical and software issues that lasted for months, leading many users to abandon their memberships and seek reimbursement.

Today, the track is the most used cycling segment in France on the sport application Strava and one of the most popular in the world.

[13] The main focus of the plan was to increase the amount of bike paths and parking spots in the city, but the plan also included subsidies for residents to purchase electric bicycles and a focus on increasing opportunities for people to learn how to ride and maintain bikes.

[18] If the spending of local and regional authorities is also taken into account, the amount rises to 6 billion euros during the same time frame.