With the increase in the number of new cyclists in the streets of the capital, cohabitation can become difficult with pedestrians.
However, respecting the rules appears essential to the good development of the "little queen" as a sustainable alternative to the car.
"I took the reflex to raise my hand to signal that I am going to cross."
Like Maryse, many Parisians believe that cohabitation is sometimes difficult between cyclists and pedestrians.
And things are not improving, since the "little queen" now appears as the great alternative to the car.
New habits and new dangers to be grasped which change the very relationship of pedestrians to the road.
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"The risk is everyday"
This is particularly the case on this new "Parisian motorway" for cyclists along the Seine, where thousands of them tumble every day at more than 20 km / h.
Employees in a hurry after their lunch break, young people pedaling music through headphones, delivery men in the middle of a time trial ... they have all become kings of this bitumen game.
“It's a shame”, deplores Maryse at the microphone of Europe 1. “We are all pedestrians in life and there is no reflex to say to ourselves that we must stop at a red light. forced to have my eyes everywhere because the risk is daily. "
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"The feeling of freedom that the bike gives, perhaps new for some, makes believe that everything is allowed and that they do not have to respect any rules", admits for his part Jean-Marie Darmian, president of the Club des cities and cycling areas.
For the latter, cyclists and pedestrians must find a way to coexist because "the absence of citizen cycling can prove to be a very strong obstacle to its development in the coming months".
And the situation is pressing since cyclists are now so numerous that they are already saturating the 500 new kilometers of tracks built in France since May.