Cycling City - France

[sativasteve420]

the problem with implementing this system in other cities, countries, is that most American cities are set up for cars and vehicles not bicycles! European cities are a lot older and therfore built smaller and more compact, ie better suited for bikes.

[arushandapushand]

i wanted to watch a video about cycling in Lyon.

But an interminable pep-talk about getting a 6-pack is happening.

Why do these two chinamen care so much about my abs?

They don't even seem to be selling anything.

[kentcyclist]

cyclist dont pay road tax so shouldnt be allowed

[arushandapushand]

@kentcyclist

haha

[kentcyclist]

@arushandapushand

They never found the so called car that the Royals got to bump off Diana so there wouldnt be a muslim King did they. I believe the vehicle to be a cheap mountain bike ridden by a chav from manchester. If they paid tax and isurance we would have a record of the offender

[SurvivingOklahoma]

I would love to live in such a people friendly city like the ones in Europe. They might be built on a smaller level, but they are being easily converted into modern people-friendly cities. I think that making cities more people-friendly is the future of American cities during this age of urbanization.

Sadly, our cities here in America were built for industrial use and are not people-friendly. Our cities are meant for cars and are built very large, which makes the cities impersonal to humans.

[VegardMinde]

A bicycle idea recycled (lol).

[andrew097]

We have this system in Dublin and its wonderful . Just one of the nicest things you can do is to cycle a bike in town.

Why do I cycle? Its fast often usually faster then cars and buses in a city. The journey is always door to door. Its good value the money spent on cars that devalue each year is amazing. Its social and democratic it also shows my sense of self worth is not tied to "my car is bigger then your car" Its easy and comfortable

[paulinotou]

most new yorkers dont have cars. they walk. thats because the traffic is really bad there. and a bike wont bring you 100 miles to wiork every day. the US has a lot of suburbs so this wont work as good here. but it would be pretty cool. my question though is why dont they get their own bikes?

[SurvivingOklahoma]

@paulinotou Because the users of this program have no upkeep at all! Plus, you don't have to lug your bike around and into your home/apartment.

So, in essence, it's more efficient, more assessable, and more affordable.

[yaze6972]

1) the urban transport are bad quality, bad indicated, as the streets, and very long time to travel because to go for work to the suburbia, you must go to city-center then sometimes 1hours30 for to work or take the train and the lyon airport is far and expensive to take the plane with their little red trammay for 13 euro oneway, thanks, bye.

[laughingtiger123]

Yeah, screw freedom... let's "make" people do this or do that. "GREEN"? What is that? The biggest emitter of greenhouse gasses is... the OCEAN. Co2 is not a pollutant... it's what trees breath. LOL This mindless "let's be GREEN" crap is a euro-centric ply to make money and control people. The huge hole in the ozone over Australia? It closed by itself. LOL Being green is a ton of bull and is the "new Jesus". Grow up and learn something factual. And don't piss away your rights and freedoms.

[mariahbutterfly]

thats my city :D

[KrunchyJD]

This is great, but there is one possible problem. What if some scumbag in a car runs into you, and it is not your fault, and the bike is wrecked. You should not have to pay for that, the car driver should.

[streamdvd]

Cobraman96 the streets are lined with gold fools gold and as the weather is shit I guess rainin chocolate too and yanks couldn't be European cause the taste in all things good is taken out of you at the border crossing in pursuit of the not so mighty Dollar

[pwphoenix02]

Si la traduction est mauvaise je suis désolée, j'emploie le babelfish. Tellement à quelle distance le cycliste moyen monte-t-il pour obtenir de travailler où ces vélos sont disponibles ? Je vis dans les banlieues de Chicago dans les états, et je voyage environ 15 milles chaque manière en voiture. Je pense que ceci peut fonctionner en 5-10 ans, notre & de ville ; les banlieues ne sont pas comme vélo amical comme villes d'oher en Europe. Merci !

[pwphoenix02]

If the translation is bad I am sorry, I am using babel fish.

So how far does the average biker ride to get to work where these bikes are available?

I live in the suburbs of Chicago in the states, and I travel around 15 miles each way by car. I think this may work in 5-10 years, our city & suburbs are not as bike friendly as oher cities in Europe. Thanks!

[KrunchyJD]

@pwphoenix02 Thats because American cities are designed around the car!

It is the worst town planning concept around. The car, offers itself as a solution to a problem that it created!

What the hell are Americans going to do after peak oil.. Dont get me wrong I sympathise. It's not right! What they should do is offer cheap car free housing in the inner city to compensate. That is, if they had any brains!

[cobraman96]

@KrunchyJD I only hope a car runs over you and makes a krunchy sound! Fucking moron!

[cobraman96]

@pwphoenix02 And who wants to ride a damn bike in chicago in the winter? lol Why do these morons wanna go back in time to bikes and horseback?I say we put their mail or paychecks on a bike across country and see how they like getting their checks in 2 weeks!

[harshbarj]

@cobraman96, I ride my bike in the winter and live west of Chicago. Obviously mail and cargo will still need to go by motor vehicle, but your average person can get by with a bicycle for most trips.

[tibidibtibo]

J'utilise le Vélo'v tous les jours (50 vélos par mois) et, je confirme : c'est génial!

[Ktifaine]

Wonderful idea! Clean energy transportation, cheap and not bad to burn fat. Every city in the world that deserves this name should adopt this system. Excellent!

[cobraman96]

@Ktifaine Just move to europe w/the rest of the socialist and quit trying to make america into europe!

[harshbarj]

@cobraman96 , so it is wrong for someone to want to better the country? I am so glad that you and those like you are loosing this battle as more bicycle lanes are laid and more bike share programs spring up. If you want to be stuck in the 1950's that's fine. The rest of us will move into the future and ride our bikes!

[streamdvd]

well it cant work in England where if it isnt welded to the ground it will be stolen if welded it will be vandalised

[cobraman96]

@streamdvd What? But wait, I thought we yanks were supposed to be more europeon? Do you mean to tell me the streets ar'nt lined w/gold and it does'nt rain chocolate? Lmfao @ you socialist.

[h4ppydriver]

Barcelona adopted that idea in 2007 (with ugliest bikes lol) and is awsome. Cheap and healthy way to move around. Every town might do the same, whenever is flat enough to maintain the population heart atack free.

Well done northern neighbors.

[wasabee9]

People working for tourism should think " wish there's no French customer today." because they are too much troublesome. Please do not travel any country with that arrogant attitude and poor English.

[goduk321]

hahaha

They study English.

It is a colony of our future.

[IsaacBickerstaffEsq]

China has more English speakers than any other country. We are colonies of their future.

[chapeauetbarbe]

c'eat terrifiant, mais dans mon pays le climat est trop dur pour avoir un programme comme cette année autour.

[mesoemo]

This is amazing!

[LoveTheSupremes]

It used to be like this in the U.S.A., but General Motors wasn't too happy with the U.S.A. being happy with good public transportation. I'm glad they're bankrupt and wish they had been liquidated.

[AppleSouffle]

The student said she can ride bicycles for an entire year for just 10 euros.

At universities in the United States, the students get ripped off for everything! Just the books can cost $800 a year! I just read an article that said the average American student graduates $22,000 to $26,000 in debt.

One side effect is doctors and teachers are not taking jobs in rural areas because the pay is too low to earn a living and pay back those horrendous student loans.

[immortalvc]

umm what does bike use have to do with cost of books? im pretty sure bike use in US is pretty cheap too.

[filipedutr]

Je trouve merveilleuse la ville de Lyon, j'y deja habité pendent 4 ans, c'est la ville plus belle de la france , je suis bresilien et je suis en français de coeurs merci a la France Filipe Dutra

[rudeawakeningxxx]

and stupid californians are still arguing over a subway system. just goes to show how europe is so much more advanced than US in so many ways

[ubanclimber001]

if we're arguing, its half of us that are stupid

[cobraman96]

@rudeawakeningxxx Move to europe if you don't like it! Its like the in thing to do,put down america...Well from this american i say you can go fuck yourself!!!!!!!!!

[cobraman96]

@rudeawakeningxxx Fuck u and your whole socialist country!

[Indestructible229]

@rudeawakeningxxx actually no, many countries in Europe have higher poverty rates and low wealth than America. Look at Romania for example.

[amolry]

i live in india pune & iam thinking that i am living in hell

[rudeawakeningxxx]

how come??

[channelres3ia]

Interesting video

[Fuckballs24]

(noog)

[Toodeloo7777]

French people like to cycle because it's a good excuse to spread their legs. They're nasty people who like to spit and they stink.

[drew0mckinney]

Much better system than in amsterdam, it seems, where personal bikes clog the streets everywhere.

[BeckonAegwynn]

Beautiful idea

[Xiloforce]

Lyon is the first french country who decided to do that experience.

[qqcolaman]

Too bad Lyon is not a country... but rather a city in a French Country...

[Xiloforce]

If you compare to the american system and if you take the time "to think" you can understand what I've wrote.. I live in Lyon, I know that Lyon is a city ...

[qqcolaman]

Sorry dude... I still stand by what I said, unless if you would do us the honor to explain your statement a little more in-depth

[BeckonAegwynn]

Is it really a big deal if you think some one made a mistake?

[Xiloforce]

Just playing with words >.>

[Fuckballs24]

okay man, all cities are countries now. where the hell have you been living?!

[Xiloforce]

I've already answered the last April ...

[Xiloforce]

Yeah, I've wrote was a bit vague, that's alright.

[Fuckballs24]

okay man, all cities are countries now. where the hell have you been living?!

[marcelomena]

Indeed, this worked because of funding from private companies trading it for publicity. That brings continuous maintenance. If you do it, do it right. Incomplete implementations yield setbacks for biking for years. Good video.

[mikehoe]

Wonderful in so many ways!

[inferno0020]

I love this video!

[Crosisborg]

They tried this in Tampa and all the bikes were stolen in 1 week.

[trevpine]

They tried in in Toronto but it did not work because of the theft of the bikes and there was not alot of funding from the city.

[JoskiiWoskii]

I agree that the US should adopt this idea, however I think there would be a HUGE problem with people stealing the things and never returning them. It really is an eco/physical-friendly system though.

[jomi1720]

this idea will only work in places like France only. Where there is integrity and people who care for each other. If they did this in US then the company that issued the bikes will go bankrupt in a few months.

[rudeawakeningxxx]

then why don't you see them stealing sodas when refills are free at fast food joints. typical cynical american. that's why nothing ever gets done in the US

[rudeawakeningxxx]

who said the sides were split 50-50. and I'm sorry, but any way you look at it LA is stupid. it's the shithole of the world.

[LoveTheSupremes]

jomi1720 as much as I'd hate to admit it, you're probably correct. Actually all the bikes would probably be vandalized in a short period of time. Americans don't have any respect, class, or sense of moderation.

[dbassplayer]

That looks awesome...

[alreadydark]

güzel aslında fransa.aşkta iyiymiş.:)fransızcada öğrenmeye çalışıyom...

[wildbillcleveland]

Speak English heathen.ou Français une certaine langue civilisée.

[LoveTheSupremes]

alreadydark is not even speaking French. It looks like Czech or something like that

[abarzilai664]

It's Turkish.

[vipersian]

Iran needs that.

[nonfictions]

Great comment about the US needing this for the obesity crisis. And honestly, it's time that the US was more progressive and actually doing things to show that we care about our citizen's health and the health of the world. I'd love to see become popular in the US (and around the world).

[finch6789]

yes I think that would be great too. However, the reality seems to be the pharmaceutical companies are making a killing off of our disease and they're spreading the wealth to others to keep it going that way. I can see San Fran doing this first, or NY.

[abarzilai664]

This system gets people to exercise and is pretty cheap, it must be done here in the US so that we'll truly be green and solve the obesity crisis.

[LoveTheSupremes]

It's something the ugly lazy lard asses in USA would never go for

[cobraman96]

@LoveTheSupremes Free country ,asshole! You can't stand the fact that we are free to choose what lifestyle we wanna live.

[dumbzebra]

@cobraman96 yeah because that´s impossible in europe.

[timewillprove]

@abarzilai664 No disrespect, but..... it's a state of mind, anyone can exercise anywhere. No matter how much people help with bikes or whatever people have to want to do it, and also they must want to stop eating rubbish food.

[wildbillcleveland]

WE'LL NEVER HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT HERE IN THE STATES..sadly Americans can't get their fat greedy asses out of their cars.

[BookerOddity]

wow your a happy camper

the u.s. is mainly country you know, not as trashy and compact like paris

[wildbillcleveland]

Allez mangent un autre hamburger.goober

[LoveTheSupremes]

Trashy and compact?  Have you seen New York or Chicago lately or West Hollywood? At least Western Europeans know how to live

[mynameiscot]

that so true FAT (SLABES) AS LAZY AS a DOG

[1obsolete]

brilliant,we should have bike hire in london where i live.

i am going to buy my own bike soon