• Director(s):

    VASAK (Vladimir)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE GEIE

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2013

  • Language(s):

    German, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

At the end of May, New York set up a "bike-share" system along the lines of the “Vélib” system in Paris. With the “City Bike” scheme, New York City and its mayor Michael Bloomberg hope to convert New Yorkers to pedal power.

The operation, aimed at winning over New Yorkers, is also an absolute necessity, given that the latest population survey reveals that New York is home to 8.3 million people. And the city bike is rapidly picking up speed. Over the last 6 years, the number of people using a bike for work-home trips has increased two-fold. The scheme aims to increase that figure three-fold, by 2017. New York City is supplying the resources to fulfil its dream, having created 500 kilometres of bike lanes over the last five years.
 
ARTE REPORTAGE travelled to New York to follow the “Five Boro Tour”, a tour of five districts on May 5 that brought together 32,000 cyclists.