Strasbourg was the most bike-friendly city in France according to its residents. The Alsatian capital was rated 4.02 out of 6. According to the organizers of the survey, the threshold for a positive response was set at 3.5 out of 6. Only two cities of 200,000 inhabitants thus obtained a positive score, Strasbourg and Nantes. Marseille was, in 2019, the least favorable city for bicycle use in a large French city.
Cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants where the bicycle situation is the most favorable according to residents in France in 2019, by number of points
*The number of respondents depends on the cities:
Strasbourg: 2664, Nantes: 3737, Rennes: 2448, Paris: 7241, Bordeaux: 2619, Lyon: 5562, Lille: 2595, Toulouse: 4531, Nice: 576, Montpellier: 3574, Marseille: 1751
**This survey includes a series of 26 questions classified in five categories: general feeling, safety, comfort, importance of bicycles, parking.
For each of these questions, an answer between 1 (the worst) and 6 (the best) is expected. The threshold for a positive score is set at 3.5..
All the methodology of the Palmarès des villes cyclables is available here on page 2.
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