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Paris is not London, fact. No HGVs in Paris, coaches are as big as it gets. Traffic is nuts, but pretty slow. You're given a wide berth by cars who know they're presumed to be responsible in case of collision. Deaths still went up in Paris when the scheme was introduced. Cycling in Paris is brilliant. The scheme also covers a far smaller geographical area, allowing greater density for the same cost. JC Decaux still have to pay groups of men with vans to drive bikes up to the tops of hills, cos people are hopping on, rolling down, and not riding back up.
I really hope londons scheme works, but I'm not a natural optimist!