Cool video on Paris "Velib" Bikes project

[Pooka Fey]

Enjoy!

http://nyc.theoildrum.com/node/2928

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The video above from Paris about their new bike sharing program was sent to me by one of the local bike advocates here in NYC that wanted to highlight something he thought would revolutionize biking in NYC. In just a few weeks, the Paris bike sharing program has tallied over a million bike trips around town. It's hard to imagine even some of the best mass transit programs getting that much use over the first few weeks, especially at such a low cost. A friend who was on vacation in Paris at the time wrote to be that he rode for 7 miles on a tour around town and it felt great.
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In case the direct link doesn't work - scroll down to 3rd article: http://www.theoildrum.com/

[flobee1]

1. and yet there are still the morans

in the comments section saying that biking makes you eat more, so its less efficient that cars


If you eat more of the good stuff, you eat less
These idiots are determined to ruin america
I just ate a bowl of cream of wheat and a glass of milk to get ready for a 20 mile bike ride
I challenge ANYONE to show me a car more efficient than that!