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Paris races into first as the most cyclist-friendly city for children

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May 14, 2025

Paris was once notorious for speeding traffic and a parking technique involving gently nudging cars to squeeze into a spot - but now it has topped a European ranking of cycling-friendly cities for children, leaving Amsterdam in second place and Copenhagen in the dust.

- Senay Boztas

Paris races into first as the most cyclist-friendly city for children

Analysing 36 European cities for their cycling infrastructure's suitability for children, the report found Paris had raced to the top thanks to investments for the 2024 Olympics and a €250m initiative to build 112 miles of cycling lanes under the city's Socialist mayor, Anne Hidalgo.

Using data on segregated cycling lanes, low road speeds of 30kph (18mph) and "school streets" on which traffic is limited, the non-profit Clean Cities Campaign (CCC) put the Belgian city of Antwerp in third place, before Brussels, Lyon, Helsinki, Barcelona, Bristol, Oslo and Ghent.

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