[sustran] Re: [carfree_network] Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: Pollution in Paris... from Bicycles

[Pascal van den Noort]

Big US Cities Invest in Bike Mobility


SAN FRANCISCO, USA - Clear Channel Outdoor Inc. will decide this month to enter a proposed US$ 306 mn (€ 201 mn) contract with the city of San Francisco. It will give the company advertising rights on transit shelters and would require the company to set up a bike-sharing program if the city opts for one. Like New York, Boston and Chicago, San <http://vedm.net/click2?l=Dkfpb&m=CYlC&s=Og90db>  Francisco paves the way to improve bike

 

 

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Onderwerp: [carfree_network] Re: Re: RE: Re: RE: Pollution in Paris... from Bicycles

 


<< I think Ian raised an important question, wheter or not the Paris cyclo 
initiative went to together with a decrease of the number of car 
traffic.Does anybody has data on that? >>

 

Yesterday I read an article which stated there had been a 4% drop in auto traffic in Paris since the bike program started this summer. 

 

That seems small, but it's pretty significant.

(I forget if it was New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor or a paper in London - I read them all)


Christopher

(from Vermont, but writing from New York City)