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France fears that the coronavirus will spread through public communication as society begins to open up and people go to work.
Before the crown pandemic, the Paris metro carried more than four million passengers every day. In total, around ten million people travel by public communication in Paris on a regular business day.
Stacking carriages and buses during rush hour can give the virus very good conditions to spread.
An offer delivers products by bicycle in Paris on Wednesday of this week.
Photo: CHARLES PLATIAU / CHARLES PLATIAU
Pay for bicycle repair
About 60 percent of all trips in France are less than five kilometers. The Minister for Climate and Environment, Élisabeth Borne, who in France holds the title of Minister for Ecological Change, therefore wants people to circulate more.
Therefore, he has released a plan with various measures for people to use bicycle kits, writes Le Parisien.
The measure that has received the most attention is that all French people get 50 euros, around 560 Norwegian kroner, to repair their bikes.
People don’t get the money directly, but they can take the bikes to more than 3,000 registered bike repairers who can install oil chains, replace brake pads, and other small repairs.
There are over 30 million bicycles in France. Two thirds of them are in basements and garages and collect dust.
Now the minister’s hope is that many will find the old bikes and take them to the repair shops.
– We will use this period to promote the culture of the bicycle and the bicycle will somehow become the little queen of the opening of the community, says Minister Borne.
The other measures are various temporary bicycle parking spaces and bicycle training courses.
In the Place Concorde, in the center of Paris, the cars were almost gone during the crown pandemic.
Photo: Michel Euler / Michel Euler
10 meter rule for runners and cyclists
At the same time, it is clear that France introduces a rule stating that runners and cyclists must maintain a distance of at least 10 meters from each other when the society reopens on May 11.
In general, the rule in France is that there should be a one-meter social zone between people, but a study of the virus outbreak suggests that this is not a sufficient distance for runners and cyclists.
The study suggests that the virus is spreading faster among people who are moving.
More cities in Europe
Other cities in Europe are also investing to get more people to ride their bikes to avoid being intimidated by public communications, writes the BBC.
The Belgian capital Brussels announced on Wednesday that they will create an additional 40 km of bike lanes.
In Milan, the sidewalks have been expanded and an additional 35 kilometers of bicycle lanes are being built. At the same time, the capacity of the city’s subway is reduced by up to 30 percent to avoid infectious congestion.
In Berlin, authorities widened several of the city’s bicycle lanes wide to eliminate the increase in the number of cyclists.
