Following the first lockdown, one in three French people living in a big city want to change his or her place of residence. A closer proximity to nature, a more authentic living environment or a calmer pace of life are all reasons that push the French to turn to medium-sized cities or even small towns. However, these peri-urban and rural areas are often stuck with limited access to digital technology, which can slow down their demographic development.
Lire la suiteAt Qucit, we have been working for more than five years to improve bike sharing systems. We have written extensively about bike share systems (from the different modes of use in cities to the fairly recent growth of e-bike share systems). It is clear that cycling is one of the major topics today in the world of urban mobility!
Lire la suiteIn Europe as elsewhere in the world, covid-19 and lockdown have forced citizens to change their habits. Governments have had to put in place many measures to respect social distancing and protect the population. In many countries, measures have been taken to encourage the use of bicycles.
Lire la suiteAt Qucit, we’ve been working to improve bike-sharing systems for the last 5 years. In the process, we wrote extensively on bike-share programs (from the different patterns of use in cities to the fairly recent growth in e-bikes schemes) but we thought with NABSA and the coming elections in France, it could be the perfect opportunity to go over cycling policies to support bike-share initiatives in cities (and to give a few kudos).
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