US Edition"Paul Must Not Be Dead for Nothing": in Paris, a Bike Path Bears the Name of the Activist Killed by Bicycle
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For the first time in the capital, a cycling route was named on Wednesday 9 July: it bears the name of the bike activist crushed by a motorist in October. The opportunity for the Parisian elected officials to affirm their will to reduce the place of the car in the city.
It is the first bike path in France to bear an official name, "a symbolic act that will remain in the history of Paris", said the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo
Nine months after Paul Varry's death, a first section of the cycle path that will link Opera to Temple was inaugurated in his name, a symbol that should open his eyes to the violence that cyclists are suffering.
Located in the 3rd arrondissement, this new double-way bike path is the first to bear a name and a plaque in the capital, nine months after the young man's murder.
A rally in memory of Paul Varry, in Paris, on October 19, 2024. ALFONSO JIMENEZ/SHUTTERSTOCK/SIPA C is the very first plaque of its kind in Paris, in white enamel surrounded by green, hung at the top of a post at the corner of Rue Réaumur and rue Vaucanson, in the 3rd arrondissement: "Piste cyclique Paul-Varry 1996-2024 activist of the bike". For the first time, on the initiative of the mayor (Socialist Party) of Paris Centre, Ariel Weil, and wi…
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