Bertrand Delanoë
| Profession: | Public Offical |
| Born: | 30/May/1950 |
| Address: | Hôtel de Ville Paris, France 75196 |
Born in Tunisia (a French colony at the time) in 1950, Delanoë was first elected to the Paris City Council in 1977 (Jacques Chirac became mayor that year).
He was a Senator, from the Socialist Party (PS) of Paris in 1995 - 2001. Delanoë was elected the mayor of Paris in March 2001 and re-elected in March 2008.
Trivia
- Survived an assassination attempt
- The only openly gay major French politician
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News and Updates
As we have previously mentioned in these pages, the city of Paris is readying a car equivalent of the hugely popular bike rental service, Vélib'. The new service, predictably named Autolib', will allow renting small 4-seat electric cars for short trips in the city and environs. The vehicles can be dropped off at the most convenient docking station (not necessarily where they were picked up). Pricing is by the minute (a 20-minute minimum), with the rate beyond one hour increasing to encourage customers to take shorter trips.
The moment has finally come! After many months in the making, the much-talked-about Montreal public bike rental system, Bixi, has launched. Over the past few weeks the city has installed a number of automated
bike rental stations
and launched a web site allowing users to see availabilities in real
time (both the number of available bikes and available docking slots).
After more than two years of reconstruction, a former funeral parlor in the 19th arrondissement of Paris reopened in its new incarnation as the city's newest modern arts center christened "104" (Centquatre)...
