Beirut to get 16 km of bike lanes

The Daily Star

While Beirut has a growing cycling scene, most of the city’s residents remain hesitant to attempt navigating its streets by bicycle. One of the main reasons for that reticence is the lack of infrastructure to protect cyclists in a traffic system that often resembles a free-for-all of cars, minibuses and motorcycles.Officials and advocates say that getting more Beirutis to trade in their cars for bicycles, at least some of the time, could be a key part of a strategy to reduce traffic congestion and pollution.

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