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Bicycles and rollerblades: travelling light
Rollerblading safely
Organized trips: - Friday evenings for competent skaters, meet at 10pm, place Raoul Dautry in Montparnasse – 75014; - Sunday afternoons, for beginners, meet at 2pm, boulevard Bourdon at Bastille - 75004.
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Thanks to the policy of the Paris City Council, the bicycle is gaining ground. On top of the 200 km of bicycle lanes, the additional 70 km of bus lanes are also accessible to cyclists.
For rollerblading, on Friday evenings and Sunday afternoons enthusiasts get together for an enjoyable trip across Paris on skates. Current regulations oblige you to stay on the pavements: you are considered to be a pedestrian and so you have to wait at the traffic lights to cross! As you’ll be travelling at around 15 km/h (9/10mph), be extremely careful, avoid bumping into any pedestrians or cars and be sure that your civil liability insurance covers any damage you might cause. In boutiques, you will be asked to take off your skates while you do your shopping.