This appeared in Wired a few months back so some of you may have seen it before since I have seen it in action and seen how well it works I felt I should mention it again to try to raise awarenes as it is a scheme that is working incredably well here. Basically there are Velo Stations where you insert your credit card and a public bike next to the payment machine is unlocked for you. The first half hour is free and after that you pay a small fee for use of the bike. When you are finished with the bike you drop it off at a free stand at a Velo station near your destination. There are literally thousands of these bikes now, the streets and parks are filled with happy cyclists availing of this service. Apparently there is a run on the bikes when the clubs close which can only mean one thing this being France and all, masses of tipsy people flying all over the place on bikes at two in the morning. You can read more about this cool project at the Wired link above.
Monday, October 09, 2006
The Lyon Public Bike Project...
Hi all,
This appeared in Wired a few months back so some of you may have seen it before since I have seen it in action and seen how well it works I felt I should mention it again to try to raise awarenes as it is a scheme that is working incredably well here. Basically there are Velo Stations where you insert your credit card and a public bike next to the payment machine is unlocked for you. The first half hour is free and after that you pay a small fee for use of the bike. When you are finished with the bike you drop it off at a free stand at a Velo station near your destination. There are literally thousands of these bikes now, the streets and parks are filled with happy cyclists availing of this service. Apparently there is a run on the bikes when the clubs close which can only mean one thing this being France and all, masses of tipsy people flying all over the place on bikes at two in the morning. You can read more about this cool project at the Wired link above.
This appeared in Wired a few months back so some of you may have seen it before since I have seen it in action and seen how well it works I felt I should mention it again to try to raise awarenes as it is a scheme that is working incredably well here. Basically there are Velo Stations where you insert your credit card and a public bike next to the payment machine is unlocked for you. The first half hour is free and after that you pay a small fee for use of the bike. When you are finished with the bike you drop it off at a free stand at a Velo station near your destination. There are literally thousands of these bikes now, the streets and parks are filled with happy cyclists availing of this service. Apparently there is a run on the bikes when the clubs close which can only mean one thing this being France and all, masses of tipsy people flying all over the place on bikes at two in the morning. You can read more about this cool project at the Wired link above.
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