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Cycling
Paris Metropolis 1818-2030
June 2024
The bicycle has once again become a key means of transportation within the Parisian metropolis. The development of infrastructure and services in response to citizen advocacy has led to a tenfold increase in the use of bicycles in the last thirty years. This bicycling renais-sance serves to remind us that Paris and bicycling have been closely intertwined for more than two centuries, dating back to the bicycle’s invention in 1818, when its inventor chose Paris as the site for his first worldwide demonstration.
