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The seoul city government plans to build 207 kilometres of cycle paths over the next four years extending to all corners of the south korean capital.The 120 billion won plan is based on a 'road diet' programme under which the number of lanes for passenger vehicles in major roads will be cut to create new cycle paths.It calls for the construction of 17 main cycle paths totalling 200 kiilometres that criss cross the sprwaling city and one down own seven kilometre beltway.only 1.6 percent of all commuters use bicyles in seoul, due to lack of dedicated paths.The city governement wants to increase this to 4.4 % in 2012,7.6 % in 2016 and 10 % by 2020.The city will construct bicycle parks at 16 subway stations -complete with shower rooms and locker for cyclists before they transit to the subway.