Assignment: Road wars - cycling in Paris

任务:巴黎骑行大战

The Documentary Podcast

社会与文化

2025-02-25

28 分钟
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On 15 Oct 2024, a 27-year-old cyclist was killed in a bike lane in Paris. His name was Paul Varry. He was run over by a car after an argument with a driver. What happened to Paul was extreme, but it resonated with many Parisians. For Paris is undergoing a cycling revolution. The city has created a vast network of bike lanes, introduced new restrictions for cars. The number of cyclists has soared. But there have also been conflicts, as cars, bikes and pedestrians try to navigate the new balance of power. So is Paris’s plan working? Is this transformation the future for other major cities? Anna Holligan goes to Paris for Assignment, to find out.
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  • This story begins at a crime scene on a main road here in Paris.

  • At 5.30pm around this time on 15th October 2024,

  • a 27 year old man was killed here on this street at this exact spot.

  • His name was Paul Vary and his death made headlines because of who he was and how he died.

  • Paul Vary was a cyclist and he was killed in a bike lane,

  • run over by a car after an argument with a driver.

  • Paul was leaving work one evening.

  • He was going down the bike lane here.

  • There's a traffic light at the end of the street.