We have written a bit about the Bordeaux – Lacanau bike route and it’s a popular (if not the most scenic) one. It’s the primary cycling thoroughfare between Bordeaux and the coast, and is a commuter line to all the little towns in between. It used to be a train-line, and now it looks like plans are in the works to make parts of it one again.
This is bad news.
I know little about the decision to extend the Bordeaux tram to Medoc, but I did find this sign at the start of the bike route at Bordeaux Lac this past weekend:
I intend to do some research on this – what campaigns are active to block it, and how to get involved. But until I have done that, I’ll leave you with some photos of what people who live along route have done. I found it accidentally while cycling the bordeaux outbound route this last weekend. It’s pretty inspiring.
(A tramway in the middle of the forest? Are you derailed?)
(Save the path. No tram.)
(No 50km/h express tram)
Bordeaux Bike Punks 