FRANCE WILL PAY PEOPLE 4,000 EUROS TO SWITCH TO ELECTRIC BIKES

Fri 26 August 2022:

France will now provide up to €4,000 each person who switches from a car to an electric bike, according to The Times,

The move is being taken in an effort to encourage people to switch from polluting sources of transportation to cleaner ones.

People living in low-income households in urban zones will be eligible for the full €4,000 subsidy for getting an e-bike instead of their cars, while the citizens from higher income brackets would be able to claim smaller subsidies.

Additionally, traditional and non-motorized bikes will also be able to qualify for the incentive.

The French government said that, compared with only 3 percent now, it wants 9 percent of the country to switch to bike by 2024, with the aim of catching up to other bike-loving rivals such as Netherlands, Denmark and Germany.

After exchanging their old vehicle, citizens qualify for a subsidy of €1,000 (about Rs 79,000) for the purchase of an electric bike, scooter, moped, motorcycle, or even public transportation credits, modelled after a hugely successful programme in Lithuania.

France is also investing to make Paris entirely bikeable with bike-safe pathways and other projects.

As part of its bike-friendly plans, President Emmanuel Macron’s government has said it will invest in making Paris entirely bike-friendly. Anne Hidalgo, the city’s mayor, won re-election last year on a promise to expand bike paths by 130 kilometres.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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