Velib cycles in Paris

Cycling as a new form of urban public transport

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[happyfacercs]

This is a great idea! I loved riding these when I was there. They should have them in the US.

[LetsSkate666]

Paris Is awesome

i just got back from there

[kelleydave]

If 80% of the bikes were stolen or trashed so badly they had to be replaced - over $10 million in combined cost - how can this program possibly be considered successful? Genius of the Paris project? Best transportation project he has seen? Private property creates responsibility. Socialized property creates abuse.

[Tivakudze]

16764

[netale1]

Yes sure no problem

[luluvonpod]

We used a Blue Card last October, you can rent as many bicycles as you want but you have to have a "subscription" for each user. Which means separate user ID and PIN numbers. We took out two daily subscriptions each day for myself and my wife as we were only there for 5 days. We are going back in August and will get two weeklies. It's the best.

[154Jeff]

I'm going to Paris with my 14 year son. I've gotten an AMEX Blue card. Can someone tell me if with one card I can rent two bikes at once?

Thanks.

[jockottawa]

great video. Montreal just started such a system. it is called bixi...i used it all weekend. conclusion...omg it so much fun!

[Anonymouslaw11110]

ONLY AMEX BLUE CARD (no annual fee)

[Anonymouslaw11110]

password is letters not numbers