The bicycle plan of the city of Nice

In Nice, a bicycle plan and additional financial aid for all new buyers. That's it, we're there! It's time to get outdoors. Nice residents are allowed to go out, but what about transportation in the city?

We take stock with you. Public transportation is gradually returning to its normal rhythm. However, the City of Nice is keen to ensure that the reopening of transport is accompanied by a more accessible alternative mobility offer. The goal is to limit the use of public transportation during the deconfinement. But also to promote soft modes of transportation. Among these measures is an experimental bicycle plan on certain arteries in the city.

The bicycle plan in Nice

Christian Estrosi announced on April 25 that he wanted to privatize "certain arteries in the city to reserve them for bicycles for a month" starting on May 11. This has been done, and new bicycle lanes have been created. This is the case, for example, on one of the main arteries of Nice: the boulevard Gambetta.

In 2019, the metropolitan network dedicated to bicycles included 160 km of bike paths. According to the mayor of Nice, the city has "65km of dedicated bike lanes," and his intention is to double this figure "during this experiment."

Less than 1.5% of Nice residents currently use bicycles for daily travel. The government's bicycle plan hopes to increase this modal share to 9%. The Mayor of Nice is counting on achieving this with the new measures of the bicycle plan.

GOOD NEWS: THE CITY HAS VOTED TO CREATE A PURCHASE BONUS

Who can benefit? What is the amount? How can I get it? Can it be combined with other aid? We help you to see more clearly.

First of all, it is a purchase aid for all types of bikes that was announced this Wednesday morning. "We decided in council to add a 100€ aid for all the purchasers of mechanical bikes, in addition to the 400€ aid for electric bikes".

This new financial aid of a maximum amount of 100€ should not represent more than 50% of the price of the bike. It is aimed at all adults living in the metropolis and earning less than €2,500 per month. Moreover, the purchase of the bike must be made after the date of the metropolitan decision (Monday, May 4) and only in the year 2020.

Finally, the application can be made only once every five years, from the date of purchase of the bike. However, the aid cannot be combined with the existing 200€ bonus for the purchase of an electric bicycle.

The forms are already available at the main town hall, and on the internet: nice.fr, under the heading of transport and travel, or nicecotedazur.org. Beneficiaries must send their complete applications to the Metropolis before March 31, 2021, as evidenced by the postmark.

ENOUGH TO CHANGE FRAMES WITHOUT GOING BROKE

For any electrically assisted bicycle or electric scooter purchased in 2020. You can apply for the grant until March 31, 2021.

Download the 2020 documents:

• 2020 Application Form.
• 2020 Agreement.
• 2020 Statement of Honor.

The city goes further with its bike plan and allows you to refurbish grandpa's bike that has been sitting in the garage for ages. Nice is one of the cities concerned by the 50€ package offered by the state to repair bicycles (revision, change of brakes, tires, lighting, etc.).

Contact us for your revision.


Other measures

Since May 10, an application decree will allow companies to encourage their employees to use alternative transportation. Cleaner and less expensive transport such as bicycles or scooters.

Private employers are called upon to implement this aid, which can amount to up to 400€ per year and per employee. In addition, it is exempt from income tax and social security contributions. It replaces the mileage allowance for bicycles that has been in place until now. Finally, the decree provides for the maintenance of this allowance when it is in force in companies and provided for in existing wage agreements.

More measures for the end of the year

This time, we have just learned that in this period of December 2020, it is the benefits for moving with electric scooters that are valued:

The EDPM continue to enter the daily life of the French, with laws more and more advantageous.

From January 1, 2022, following the adoption of an amendment to the National Assembly, employees will be able to be compensated for their home-work trips made in EDPM (electric scooters, gyropods, etc ...) by their employer up to 500 euros per year.

These expenses are paid in the form of a flat-rate allowance, exempt from social security contributions, up to a maximum of €500 per year per employee.

This exemption is conditional on proof that the sums allocated are used for the purpose for which they were intended: the employee must be able to provide a sworn statement or proof of use of the above-mentioned modes of transport.

In addition, it is possible to combine this sustainable mobility package with the payment of public transport passes or public bicycle rental services or the payment of fuel costs and costs incurred for the supply of electric, rechargeable hybrid or hydrogen vehicles.

In this case, there is also an advantage for the employer! This sustainable mobility package is exempted up to a limit of 400 € per year, after deduction of the employer's contribution to the cost of the public transport pass or the cost of fuel or power for an electric, rechargeable hybrid or hydrogen vehicle.

Link to the amendment:
http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/15/amendements/3360C/AN/3176

Finally, this novelty is launched in order to further amplify the demand for leasing / sales / maintenance of EDPM in the coming years. And to participate to the huge democratization of the EDPM in progress.

Finally, we share with you the advantages of moving around by bike and more broadly of EDPM:

• Mobility / flexibility: the autonomy allows a door-to-door travel.
• Distance / time: the real speed is 14 to 20 km/h and allows to avoid rush hour traffic.
• Economic : travel costs are reduced.
• Health : it is to maintain a good physical shape and to breathe health.
• Environment: pollution is reduced, the environment is respected and sustainable development is promoted.
• Space: the need for parking spaces is reduced while the available space is optimized.
• Parking: parking a bike is free.
• Pleasure: physical activity as an anti-stress factor is essential.
• Social: there is an improvement in the quality of life and the social climate.
• Noise : it is a silent mode of transportation.