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Between 2019 and 2022, bicycle deaths jumped by 31% in France. And for good reason, our cycle paths are dangerous. The result of political decisions taken in the 1970s in favor of the all-car model, which greatly delayed the modernization of our infrastructure. But while France turned its back on bicycles, other countries made the construction of cycle paths a specialty. What's wrong with our cycle paths? And how can we improve them? We'll take you to Copenhagen to see how the Danish capital became a cyclist's El Dorado, but also - and this is less well-known - how cities like Bogota and Seville became cyclist-free in no time. Some sources that we used for this video: - Mikael Colville-Andersen's study of cycle intersections: • What I Learned From Staring at 106.00... - The barometer of cycle-friendly cities, produced by the French Federation of Bicycle Users: https://barometre.parlons-velo.fr/ - The data study on the impact of the construction of cycle paths on road traffic in Chicago: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.c... - The story of the dazzling success of cycling in Seville: https://www.activetowns.org/2020/08/2... - The link between cycle paths and road traffic in Bogota: https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-am... ************************************* Find a new video and three new shorts every week on our channel. #staycurious Follow us on our social networks: - Instagram: http://expl.tv/Instagram - TikTok: http://expl.tv/TikTok - Facebook: http://expl.tv/Facebook - Snapchat: http://expl.tv/Snapchat