Many shared apartment complexes across France will have to come up with ways to offer secure bicycle parking in 2023 once a new law comes into force. Two men with bikes chatting in front of the Eiffel Tower in 2015 (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) As France pushes to become a more bike-friendly society, new rules are set to come into force at the end of the month that might make life a bit easier for cyclists living in shared apartment buildings – although be warned, there are a lot of exemptions.
Thanks to France’s 2019 “Mobility Orientation Law,” buildings with car parking options for inhabitants will soon be required to address the question of secure bicycle parking too.
For cyclists across France living in these types of housing complexes, this could spell an end to having to leave their bicycles on the street, where they could be stolen or damaged.
France’s parliament has sought to address this issue, as many shared apartment buildings ( coproprietés , or shared housing complexes containing at least two dwellings) have strict rules regarding where bicycles can be parked – for instance not in common areas like halls or corridors and in many cases not even on private balconies, leaving many cyclists with no other option besides parking their bikes outside.
The new regulations, which will come into force at the end of December 2022, will require home-owners associations ( syndics ) in these types of buildings to meet and discuss how they will offer secure […]
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