http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6899082.stm
Bikes are kept in locked racks around the city. Users swipe a card to free a
cycle and are allowed to drop it off at any other rack. The cost for a day's
use is pegged at $1.38. Perhaps the Minneapolis parking card could be extended
to enable a similar program? Or the Met Council could tie this in with transit
passes?
From the article, however:
"It relies on a wrong idea, the idea that you can change a car for a bicycle.
But it's not the case. These are two different problems. Bicycles will just be
very useful for those people going to do some shopping or visiting friends, not
far from home, but most of the time, when you use the car, it's for a long trip
so that's the reason why it will not solve at all the traffic problem in
Paris."
Paging Matty Lang...
Mark Fox
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