In the past, on this blog, you've read about local efforts to introduce Bike-Sharing to our area and about similar efforts elsewhere.
Well, DC-based, CoolTown Studios, has this post on their blog today with more info about the Bike-Sharing in Lyon (and Bruxelles if you read Dutch or French and you follow the link to the Cyclocity web-site).
Here are some stunning figures that jumped out at me from the article:
"95% of the 20,000 daily bike rentals (that's not a typo) in Lyon are free based on this pricing structure. The impact is even more surprising: Vehicle traffic dropped 4% and overall bicycle use tripled."
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Kevin Beekman lives in Alexandria, VA
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