Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 2:37 am Post subject: French revolution: Rentable bikes every 900 feet |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070706/wl_csm/obicyclette
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The French are turning Paris into a bicycle zone, pretty much overnight. Even now, astride small alleys and behind boulangeries, paving stones are being ripped to fit 750 bicycle rent "stations."
On July 15, a day after the French Revolution anniversary, the city of lights will kick off a "v�lorution" with 10,648 rentable bikes, or v�los. By January, some 1,400 rent stations and 20,600 bikes are scheduled to be in place. In Paris proper, one will never be more than 900 feet from a set of cheap wheels. At least theoretically.
Similar programs have been launched elsewhere with varying success. But Paris officials say their city is the first world capital to adopt a major green biking initiative, and they are doing it in a way that may be too big to fail. |
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