Thread started by Foldie at 10.30.09 - 4:18 pm

This is sad to see. With a great program, Paris is leading the world with their bike share strategy but of course the dumb ass vandals have their way. I wish people would respect their city and infrastructure.

NY times on Paris Velib

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So, what, there's no way to hold them liable?

Isn't there some sort of collateral?



Pudamon
10.30.09 - 4:37 pm

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it wouldn't have a chance here in l.a.



adrian
10.30.09 - 4:40 pm

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Reminds me of Zipcar, but with bikes... And stealing.

http://www.zipcar.com/



Pudamon
10.30.09 - 4:45 pm

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this could never ever happen in L.A .... people steal everything that isnt bolted down ... even still its not safe ....



OsnapsonJC
10.30.09 - 4:47 pm

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This is what happens in EVERY city it's ever been tried in. It's an inherently flawed model.

If there was really a demand for it, then people could open bike rental shops, but for the most part it's an expensive gimmick that nobody wants.

"The heavy, sandy-bronze Vélib’ bicycles are seen as an accoutrement of the “bobos,” or “bourgeois-bohèmes,” the rich, trendy urban middle-class, and they stir resentment and covetousness. They are often being vandalized in a socially divided Paris by resentful, angry or anarchic youth, police and sociologists say."

Hmmmmmm.... I wonder who that sounds like?



JB
10.30.09 - 4:49 pm

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It's working in Barcellona.



Joe Borfo
responding to a comment by JB
10.30.09 - 4:55 pm

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Also in Berlin.



Joe Borfo
10.30.09 - 4:55 pm

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And in yo Mouf.













Dot com

:)



Roadblock
responding to a comment by Joe Borfo
10.30.09 - 5:00 pm

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its Barcelona you dumb ass.



mandingo
responding to a comment by Joe Borfo
10.30.09 - 5:02 pm

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As well as Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, London, Montreal, Washington DC, Avignon, Lyon, and Netherlands.



Joe Borfo
10.30.09 - 5:04 pm

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Peking, Dublin, & Salt Lake City.



Joe Borfo
10.30.09 - 5:06 pm

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Bike sharing programs:

* Bycyklen, Copenhagen inaugurated in late 1995
* Call a Bike, Munich inaugurated in March 2000
* Cityräder, Helsinki inaugurated in June 2000
* Call a Bike, Berlin inaugurated in March 2003
* Citybike, Vienna inaugurated in June 2003
* Peking, inaugurated in 2005
* Vélo'v, Lyon (France) inaugurated in May 2005
* Stockholm City Bikes, Stockholm (Sweden) inaugurated in April 2006
* Bicing, Barcelona (Spain) inaugurated in March 2007
* Sevici, Sevilla (Spain) inaugurated in April 2007
* Vélomagg', Montpellier (France) inaugurated in June 2007
* Vélib', Paris (France) inaugurated in July 2007
* Vel'oh, Luxembourg (Luxembourg) inaugurated in March 2008
* Bizi, Zaragoza (Spain) inaugurated in May 2008
* BikeOne, Kraków (Poland) inaugurated in October 2008
* HZ Bike, Hangzhou, China inaugurated in October 2008
* Bicicletas públicas, Chile inaugurated in December 2008
* BikeMi, Milan (Italy) inaugurated in December 2008
* Salt Lake City Bicycle Collective
* SmartBike DC, Washington, D.C., launched August 2008[12]
* SAMBA[13], Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Operated by the Brazilian urban mobility company: Mobilicidade, using cellphones to activate. Inaugurated in January 2009.
* Bixi[14], Montreal (Canada) inaugurated May 2009
* Villo!, Brussels (Belgium), inaugurated in May 2009
* OYBike [15], London, UK
* Rome's Roma'n'BikeRoma'n'Bike
* Melbourne, Australia, bicycle hire scheme is planned.[16]
* Boston, Massachusetts, USA bike sharing program is planned [17]
* Blue Urban Bikes, Chapel Hill/Carrboro, North Carolina,[18]
* FC Bike Library, Ft. Collins, Colorado[19]
* Bike Emory, Atlanta, Georgia[20]
* The Field Museum shared bikes. Inaugurated for employees in April, 2008[21]
* Hourbike [22], Bristol and Blackpool, UK
* Vélopop'[23], Avignon (France) inaugurated in July 2009
* DublinBikes[24] operated by JCDecaux (Ireland), Dublin, Republic of Ireland inaugurated in September 2009




Joe Borfo
10.30.09 - 5:13 pm

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...note to self



TheJen
responding to a comment by Joe Borfo
10.30.09 - 5:50 pm

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I stand corrected. Your google fu is strong Joe Borfo.



JB
responding to a comment by Joe Borfo
10.31.09 - 11:52 am

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yeah!

I showed you!

PWNED!



Joe Borfo
responding to a comment by JB
10.31.09 - 12:06 pm

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I am in Paris and, let me tell you, the Velib bikes are EVERYWHERE. I've even been checking parked ones to see if there is heavy vandalism and that doesn't at all seem to be the case, at least not in the central city area.

In general, lots of bike riders in this city, though mostly of the commuter type. Fenders, baskets, child seats. Did see a few hipsters riding fixed run a red light behind the Centre Pompidou today. Somehow it was comforting. I almost yelled, "Get a voiture, hippie!" Almost.



theroyalacademy
11.7.09 - 12:14 pm

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