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bicycle transit system

Started by daverad · 4 months ago

This isn’t a new concept but I find the service to be really innovative. I am currently doing a little vacationing in France and I have been seeing many “Velib” bicycles here in Paris. Basically bikes you can easily rent anywhere and anytime [no service people - ... Continue reading »

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  • tito

    1 year ago

    This service reminds of the German company Deutsche Bahn. They actually were one of the pioneers of the rent a bike system but gained a competitive advantage thru their dedicated call center with helped route bikers to rent/lock station, set up new accounts and provided a 24 hour service. They were actually profiled as the innovator for rent anywhere. Best part about this service is it works with local transportation bus or rail, and puts their bikes in key spots. Most of the pricing seems similar.


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  • Fabian

    1 year ago

    very cool initative. they also have it in barcelona and amsterdam now.

    also quite cool is the swiss project called: mobility

    http://www.mobility.ch

    there it is all about car sharing. you have a member card and on every train station in switzerland you'll find a few cards you can reserver in advance. we see in switzerland that more and more people dont have a car but use public transport and if they need a car, they'll combine it with the mobility program. plus: in all the big cities you have tons of those cars. and its heavily supported by swiss government and therefore cheap.
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  • daverad

    1 year ago

    yea i love the concept of car shares, there really is no need for everyone to own a car in the city, but having access to one is really helpful.

    mobility seems exactly like ZipCar which seems to have really gotten popular in american cities as well.
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