Parisian Bike Kiosks
Paris now has bike rental kiosks spaced 300 yards apart throughout the city. It’s free for the first half-hour of riding (enough to go about 6 miles), one euro for the next half-hour, two for the third half-hour and so on; there’s also an annual fee of €29, with one-day and one-week fees. One can check bike availability with a mobile phone or on the web. This is really cool, and could potentially revolutionise transport in that city, if they can adequately deal with vandalism and theft. A Flickr user has pictures of the kiosks, which are quite stylish.
