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Shared Bike Scheme From: Steve Kotvis Date: 2007 Jul 18 01:38 UTC Short link
Paris is 41 square miles (Source:
www.planetware.com/france/paris-f-p-paris.htm)
Minneapolis is 54.9 square miles (Source:
www.answers.com/topic/minneapolis-minnesota?cat=travel)
________________________ Steve Kotvis elemenoP strategic marketing & advertising www.elemenoP.us cell 612.385.6407 > From: Christy Nicklas <christy.nicklas@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:41:22 -0500 > To: Minneapolis Issues Forum <mpls@forums.e-democracy.org> > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Shared Bike Scheme > > There are now 200 miles of bike paths in Paris; I was just reading an > article in the NYT recently which mentioned that the country has really been > working on expanding their bike trails over the past decade. For > comparison, Minneapolis has some 80 miles of bike lanes and 50? of > off-street bike paths, and Minneapolis, in square-foot terms, is about twice > the size of Paris if I'm not mistaken, which I could be. > > If you're feeling exceptionally francophonic today, there are Paris bike > links from the following English web site: > http://www.v1.paris.fr/en/Living/cycle_tracks/default.ASP > > > > > > > > > > > > On 7/16/07, Emilie Quast <e-quas@tc.umn.edu> wrote: >> >> At 02:48 PM 7/16/2007, Matty Lang wrote: >>> The Parisian program is called Velib, >> >> >> There are a number of good points to pick up here: I think the >> most important is the charge system. >> >> 1) Paris has tied the bike plan to their Metro-Pass plan, >> apparently. It looks like you use the Cart Orange to charge >> out. This is a cousin to our bus pass, and involves one permanent ID >> card with weekly (could be monthly) passes. I assume that instead of >> getting a gold weekly or one trip purple, one will be able to >> purchase a different color bike pass. The technology is there for >> Minneapolis to pick up and use. >> >> 2) Multiple pick up and return is fine. It would be interesting to >> see where the bikes migrate and how weather affects that. In >> Minneapolis, I assume that a late day snow or rainfall would leave a >> lot of bikes downtown. >> >> 3) Paris traffic laws are strongly pro-pedestrian. I"m not sure >> where bikes fit on the roads there but I think Minneapolis bikers >> would have a better time of it. In Paris, all bets are off on the >> traffic circles. We don't have anything that dangerous in >> Minneapolis. There are no bike routes that I know of in Paris so we >> win there. >> >> I'd be a LOT more interested in an observation from the people who >> plan the public transit system in Paris. Also, the change in rider >> stats for those services over time.-- like two years of observation >> >> >> Emilie Quast >> SE Como, Minneapolis >> Info about Emilie Quast: http://forums.e-democracy.org/contacts/emiliequast >> >> >> This topic's messages may be viewed at: >> http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/6jZXGdqAlIV7hdUp1Q1KmG >> ----------------------------------------- >> To post, send your message to: <email obscured> >> To leave or for daily digest, type "unsubscribe" or "digest on," >> in subject line and send to: <email obscured> >> >> More info about Minneapolis Issues Forum: >> http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/mpls >> >> E-Democracy.Org rules: http://e-democracy.org/rules >> ----------------------------------------- >> Technical assistance thanks to our friends at http://OnlineGroups.Net >> >> 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://e-democracy.org/rules. >> If you think a member is in violation, contact the forum manager at >> <email obscured> before continuing it on the list. >> >> 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. >> > > Christy Nicklas > East Nokomis, Minneapolis > Info about Christy Nicklas: > http://forums.e-democracy.org/contacts/christynicklas > > This topic's messages may be viewed at: > http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/4Z2WXIHn6jfL5QUwSRTM08 > ----------------------------------------- > To post, send your message to: <email obscured> > To leave or for daily digest, type "unsubscribe" or "digest on," > in subject line and send to: <email obscured> > > More info about Minneapolis Issues Forum: > http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/mpls > > E-Democracy.Org rules: http://e-democracy.org/rules > ----------------------------------------- > Technical assistance thanks to our friends at http://OnlineGroups.Net > > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://e-democracy.org/rules. > If you think a member is in violation, contact the forum manager at > <email obscured> before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait.