Strasbourg [France] Plans to Drop City Speed Limits to 30kph

Strasbourg, in north-eastern France, is already one of the country's most bike-friendly cities. Fewer than half of its residents use a car to get around, and it has more than 300 miles of bike lines, not to mention a tramway network that is the longest and densest in France. Now the city is really throwing down the gauntlet: it announced this week its plan to reduce speed limits throughout the city to 30 kilometres (18 miles) per hour.