Public Bicycles in Paris
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Now that's ****ing awesome.
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Originally Posted by Landgolier
Awesome, but other than Amsterdam where people have bikes in their blood, has this ever worked anywhere?
So...no. Not really.
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I'm pretty sure Copenhagen has been doing this for years.
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Since when does amsterdam have free bicycles?
When I was there you had to rent and bike theft was a serious issue.
It was pretty weird though, People rigidly obey the rules of the road - cars, bikes, peds. I kept juking or stopping or starting at the wrong times based on my US assumptions of what everyone else was going to do.
Awesome town though
When I was there you had to rent and bike theft was a serious issue.
It was pretty weird though, People rigidly obey the rules of the road - cars, bikes, peds. I kept juking or stopping or starting at the wrong times based on my US assumptions of what everyone else was going to do.
Awesome town though
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ahh yes the french have come out with madonnacycle program
or is it pariscycle
"she's like the village bicycle everyones had a ride"
or is it pariscycle
"she's like the village bicycle everyones had a ride"
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that's pretty cool but it's just a large scale yellow bike thing and that's been going on for a while now. i wonder what unlucky bastards get to work on those things when they crap out..
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When I lived there, the RATP (metro/public transport authority) had a system where you could rent bikes for the day for cheap. They were all the same teale-green single speed cruisers (I think they were SS...I don't remember.) It was cool. Paris is the place to ride...In highschool I used to tear it up through the city on a geared mountain bike every morning on the way to school...good memories.
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Originally Posted by Landgolier
Awesome, but other than Amsterdam where people have bikes in their blood, has this ever worked anywhere?
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I could only imagine what the bikes would look like if Clear Channel had gotten the contract. Billboard trailers connected to the back of every bike?
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yes, from the nation wide radio monopoly to diy venues such as the mccarren park pool clear channel likes to ruin everything
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Amsterdam got that way by reducing the parking spaces in the city a few percent every year and increasing public trans. Maybe other citys should try the same thing?
You know, that whole idea of slow gradual change instead of right here right now.
You know, that whole idea of slow gradual change instead of right here right now.
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Originally Posted by SkyeC
I could only imagine what the bikes would look like if Clear Channel had gotten the contract. Billboard trailers connected to the back of every bike?
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Originally Posted by soyboy
yes, from the nation wide radio monopoly to diy venues such as the mccarren park pool clear channel likes to ruin everything
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Originally Posted by Hocam
Amsterdam got that way by reducing the parking spaces in the city a few percent every year and increasing public trans. Maybe other citys should try the same thing?
You know, that whole idea of slow gradual change instead of right here right now.
You know, that whole idea of slow gradual change instead of right here right now.
People here just can't see the forest for the trees really. We need some european common sense.
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They opened a new mall here in San Francisco in the middle of the city but didn't add a parking garage or any additional parking spaces just to force people to think about mass transit. I thought that was a great idea.