The Métropole de Lyon announced the nine-month experiment of closing one of the rare climbs linking Old Lyon to the plateau of the 5th arrondissement to car traffic. Named Voie Lyonnaise number 12, from the name of this express bicycle network set up by the environmentalist executive in the metropolis of Lyon for 280 million euros and 250 kilometers of tracks by 2030.
Defeated by Renaissance Vieux Lyon and several neighborhood councils, this solution is nevertheless supported by another collective, Saint-Just Respire. If certain portions of these routes, with a consensual layout, are already a delight for cyclists, in the Saône Valley or on the banks of the Rhône, crossing the densest neighborhoods sometimes takes on the appearance of stations of the cross before agreeing with elected officials on a compromise. The brooding councilor who also fights against the route of the VL11 via the narrow climb of Chemin-Neuf. Even the HCL were concerned about the difficulty of access for emergency services to Édouard-Herriot, the main hospital.