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Paris free cycle scheme sees rise in road deaths

A PIONEERING scheme to supply free bicycles to Paris has led to a rise in cycle deaths and injuries.

The project to put 16,000 bicycles at the disposal of Parisians has seen cycle traffic jump by 70 per cent. It has delighted socialist mayor Bertrand Delanoe and the Left-wing council, and left drivers fuming.

The velibs short for velo liberte, or bike freedom are used for 120,000 trips a day, each averaging 22 minutes. The bikes, free for the first 30 minutes, are available from 1,200 "docking zones". But three riders have been killed and about 70 injured since January this year.

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