The environment and conservation of energy are dominant forces that favor walkable, urban, mixed-use places. The city of Lyon excels in its understanding of urban movement.

 Streets serve a vital social function.
 Streets must have character as well as capacity.
 Mobility is not measured primarily by automobile movement. Other modes of transportation such as walking, cycling and mass transit have been given increased priority.

International cities are more than population dense cities, but cities that have a high quality of life. Urban movement is an important key to qulaity living.

Providing a range of transportation options is fundamental. For most of the second half of the 20th Century, transportation agencies focused almost exclusively on optimizing the convenience of automobile travel, and dealt with transit riders, pedestrians, and bicyclists as little more than afterthoughts, not in Lyon!

It originated the idea of the bike renting, not Paris.

Vélo’v rental service is run by the city of Lyon, in conjunction with the advertising company JCDecaux. The primary aim is to reduce vehicle traffic within the city. The scheme also aims to reduce pollution, create a convivial atmosphere within the city, and encourage the health benefits of increased activity. Its name is a portemanteau of French vélo (bike) and English love.

The service began on the 19th of May 2005 and now provides over 3000 bicycles available from over 350 stations situated around the cities of Lyon and Villeurbanne. The aim is to have stations within 300m of every point in the city.

AutoLib. On a similar basis to the VeloV scheme, Lyon has a carsharing program. Operated by Lyon Parc Auto (LPA) the cars are available 24/7 all day, seven days a week. These self-service cars are an inspiration to helping us to change our transportation habits and sharing.

TCL is the Transports en Commun Lyonnais (TCL) system of public transport, and is supported by a network of tramways. The Lyon metro first opened in 1978 and now consists of four lines and owes its inspiration to the Montreal Metro which was built a few years prior, and has similar (wider) rubber-wheel cars and station design.[citation needed] The total track length is 30 km (18.6 mi), 80% of which is underground and it has over 708,000 daily weekday boardings.

Rhônexpress is an express line which will link Part-Dieu Villette to Saint Exupéry Airport, with intermediate stops at Vaulx-en-Velin – La Soie (transfer to Metro Line A) and Meyzieu. It is scheduled to open August 9, 2010. The Conseil général of the Rhône franchised the operation of this line for 30 years to Rhônexpress, a consortium including VINCI, Veolia Transport, Vossloh Infrastructure Service, Cegelec Centre Est and the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

The route will be served by 6 tram-trains on a 23 kilometres (14 mi) and it will take under 30 minutes to go from Part-Dieu to the airport; service will be every 15 minutes at peak times. Tickets will cost 13€ one way and 23€ roundtrip.