Parisian cyclist here: it's true that old bike infrastructure is bad (I have quite a lot of grips on my daily commute due to bad design), but that's not the case with new bike infrastructure.
Some good examples of new bike infrastructure are Boulevard Sébastopol from Gare de l'Est to Chatelet, and rue Rivoli. Both of those streets are a delight to bike on, as they are straight, the path is wide, and it is clearly separated from both motorists and pedestrians.
Let's hope they follow that kind of design for new infrastructure. Since it's a plan already on-going, I'm not too worried. We'll just have to live with existing bad infrastructure for a while.
Some good examples of new bike infrastructure are Boulevard Sébastopol from Gare de l'Est to Chatelet, and rue Rivoli. Both of those streets are a delight to bike on, as they are straight, the path is wide, and it is clearly separated from both motorists and pedestrians.
Let's hope they follow that kind of design for new infrastructure. Since it's a plan already on-going, I'm not too worried. We'll just have to live with existing bad infrastructure for a while.