Monday, November 10, 2008

European Support for Bicycles Promotes Sharing of the Wheels


BARCELONA, Spain — In increasingly green-conscious Europe, there are said to be only two kinds of mayors: those who have a bicycle-sharing program and those who want one.

Over the last several years, the programs have sprung up and taken off in dozens of cities, on a scale no one had thought possible and in places where bicycling had never been popular.read more here

3 comments:

  1. This is such a neat alternative form of public transportation. I liked this comment at the end of the article:
    “The critical mass of bikes on the road has pacified traffic. Now, the street belongs to everybody and needs to be better shared. It has become a more convivial public space.'
    It would be pretty great to live somewhere where you could say that.

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  2. You make a good point, but you used the word share and this can be confused with sharing or worse sharing the (bikes) wealth:)

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