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11-14-08, 03:30 PM
The article says solar power, but Montreal is way up their in the north country, what is it summer only?
"In Montreal," he said, "people don't just use their bikes for recreational purposes; it's an actual mode of transportation." This quote makes me think that there are probably some car-free people living in Montreal.
Another interesting thing is that the wireless feature makes the kiosks portable so they can be moved seasonally or for special events:
"Having a wireless system also makes it modular so that the terminals can be easily moved during the snowy winter months. In addition, it is scalable so that more terminals can be brought in for temporary events expected to attract a lot of people traffic, so "it will be pretty easy to drop the stations every place you want," said Michel Philibert, director of communications and marketing at Stationnement de Montreal, which runs the BIXI project."
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9120184&intsrc=news_ts_head
"In Montreal," he said, "people don't just use their bikes for recreational purposes; it's an actual mode of transportation." This quote makes me think that there are probably some car-free people living in Montreal.
Another interesting thing is that the wireless feature makes the kiosks portable so they can be moved seasonally or for special events:
"Having a wireless system also makes it modular so that the terminals can be easily moved during the snowy winter months. In addition, it is scalable so that more terminals can be brought in for temporary events expected to attract a lot of people traffic, so "it will be pretty easy to drop the stations every place you want," said Michel Philibert, director of communications and marketing at Stationnement de Montreal, which runs the BIXI project."
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9120184&intsrc=news_ts_head