World Bicycle Day, Monday June 3, aims in particular to encourage road users to be more physical active, by promoting walking or cycling as modes of transport. Although it can sometimes be more complicated in big cities, especially for safety reasons, certain towns stand out and are more pleasant than others for cycling.
To establish this ranking, the used bike sales site buycycle took into account the forty largest cities in Europe, by number of inhabitants, and applied a score to them according to various factors such as the length of the tracks cycle paths, the relief, the number of bicycle shops, etc.
It appears that the capital appears to be the best French city for cycling, thanks in particular to its imposing network of cycle paths, but also to its number of sharing stations and bicycle stores and to an excellent score on general feeling. of cyclists interviewed. However, everything is not necessarily rosy, since Parisian cyclists are also regularly stuck in traffic jams.
Lyon follows, thanks in particular to its large number of sharing stations and specialized stores. Strasbourg completes the podium, with a very high daily satisfaction rate for cyclists in the Alsatian capital.
Top 10 most welcoming French cities for cyclists
1. Paris
2. Lyon
3. Strasbourg
4. Bordeaux
5. Montpellier
6. Tours
7. Toulouse
8. Lille
9. Nantes
10. Angers