France will allocate 250 million euros to promote the bicycle plan in 2023

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Cycling enthusiasts will get more convenience in France in the future. According to Agence France -Presse, French Prime Minister Borne announced on the 20th that it will promotion of a bicycle plan for 250 million euros in 2023 to attract more French people to travel. Among them, 200 million euros will be used for infrastructure construction such as bicycle lanes, and the other 50 million euros will be used for bicycle parking points. Borne said that bicycles are a kind of "barrier -free, ecological friendly, good health" transportation, which can promote the development of sports and the national economy. The goal of this plan is to provide assistance to the purchase of bicycles, develop the French bicycle industry chain, promote the construction of bicycle infrastructure, teach 800,000 primary school students to learn to ride, and display French bicycles at the future Olympic Games and Paralympic Games sports.

It is reported that as early as 2018, Borne, then Minister of Transport, initiated a national "bicycle plan" with a 350 million euros. Average level. After the epidemic, the French economic revitalization plan added 150 million euros to it. Borne said that thanks to this plan, bicycles have become the "best -selling transportation" in France in 2021. France has built about 14,000 kilometers of bicycle lanes. 160,000 elementary school students from the "Mastering How to Ride a Bicycle" plan Benefit.

According to the French "View Weekly" report, in order to make France a real "bicycle country", the "Inter -Ministry of Sports Department Committee", including all relevant ministers, holds a meeting every six months to establish a "bicycle plan for corporate financing "Fund" will also become a leverage for cooperation. The French Rider Alliance believes that this is a good start, not only the city, but also the lack of funds towns and rural areas can also promote bicycle travel. The French Communist Party believes that more funds should be invested, which is conducive to the global climate crisis.

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