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France-Italy travel disruption, e-scooter ban: 7 French travel updates

We also look at two brothers’ costly return to France after a cancelled UK flight, additional help to buy e-bikes and how some plane tickets are going down in price

Road accidents in France: Five key trends from new report

It includes a rise in the number of deaths from accidents on French motorways

What is in the €2bn plan to promote cycling and bike lanes in France?

Campaigners hope the investment will help France catch up with neighbours

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Key points from France’s new €2billion plan to encourage cycling

The new ‘plan vélo’ aims to make cycling an attractive form of transport and instil a cycling culture in France, which will also boost the economy

Will electric bikes and scooters soon need number plates in France?

Senators have introduced a proposed law that would make licence plates mandatory for electric scooters ( trottinettes ) and most electric bikes

French forest officials remind mountain bikers to keep to marked paths

‘Wild’ off-trail biking is not allowed and can prove dangerous, especially on hunt days, they warn

Tour de France 2023 route unveiled: Will it pass near you?

The men’s race will begin in the Spanish Basque Country and include four summit finishes

France confirms €250million investment in push bikes by 2023

The funds are part of an ongoing plan to invest in bike lanes, infrastructure maintenance, and courses to teach primary school children to ride a bike

Discover France by bike this summer on one of its cycle holiday routes

We pick out websites and routes to help you plan your long-distance cycling holiday in some of the most beautiful parts of France

Mai à vélo: Get involved in France’s month-long celebration of cycling

Free, family-friendly cycling events are organised throughout May, as well as a national challenge to see which area can cycle the furthest

French senate to debate mandatory cycle helmets for adults

The long-running debate will this time consider the impact on biking habits and French industry as well as safety issues

Tour de France 2018 winner has bike stolen at cafe in south of France

Welshman Geraint Thomas’s bike was later found by local police who spotted a man on an expensive bike but ill at ease riding it

Which products are – or could be – hit by stock shortages in France?

Clothes, shoes, Christmas toys, electronics, furniture, bikes, and paper are among products on the list – and price increases are expected for several food items

Bikes

France-Italy travel disruption, e-scooter ban: 7 French travel updates

Road accidents in France: Five key trends from new report

What is in the €2bn plan to promote cycling and bike lanes in France?

Key points from France’s new €2billion plan to encourage cycling

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