It's official: in Paris, bicycles put cars in the rear view mirror
Bicycle trips outnumber car journeys between the capital and the inner suburbs.
This issue of The Mobility Week in Review explores bicycles dominating Parisian transport, the competition between trains and planes in Europe, BlaBlaCar's strategy with its fresh €100 million loan, Tesla's anticipated robotaxi reveal, the factors behind women's disinterest in electric vehicles, and the European Union's latest deals on rare materials.
Let's get started without further ado...
🚲 Bikes become the preferred mode of transport in Paris
The Institut Paris Région (IPR), tasked with regional urban planning and environmental matters, has released its inaugural GPS mobility survey (EMG). This effort was initiated by a coalition of fourteen public and private entities, such as the Île-de-France region, Île-de-France Mobilités, the four departments of the inner suburbs, the city of Paris, RATP, and SNCF. IPR's mission was to gather data to enhance understanding of the mobility patterns in Île-de-France eighteen months following the conclusion of the Covid-19 pandemic.