Immediately thought of https://xkcd.com/2832/

I hope the Parisians get to keep their bicycle lanes!

Meanwhile, in DC, on Monday, the National Park Service will begin removing the bicycle facilities on the land that it controls (including some of the most-used protected bike lanes in the country)

All because they can, and because it hurts people who are Not Them.

Another article about cycling in Paris from the FT with some practical tips for other cities. https://archive.is/20260316191912/https://www.ft.com/content/882ebf59-d14a-4d4c-beb7-af72df31a4f3

Amazing, the top of that story basically describes NYC, too! *

A decade ago the Rue de Rivoli, which bisects the centre of historic Paris, was clogged with cars and parked vans. Today two-thirds of its width is given over to protected cycle lanes. On a weekday morning, commuters, delivery bikes and tourists pedal quietly along what was once a grimy transit axis. With over 1,500km of cycle lanes, Paris now boasts a bigger network than Amsterdam, Europe’s cycling mecca.

* narrator: no it doesn't

I wish drivers realized that every cyclist is a person who otherwise might be in a car. The more cyclists there are, the less traffic there will be. Cyclists are great news for car people too.