Velib - pay attention, Mr Livingstone

Vélib is one of the best ideas I’ve heard of in some time. Attention please, Mr Livingstone. Using the equivalent of an Oyster card, you can hire a bike from an automated station around the city and return it to any other station. The first thirty minutes are free.

More information from BBC News and Vélib. The only problem is that I can’t ride a bike, as I have an unfortunate tendency to fall off.

xD.

Posted on Sunday, July 15th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Categories: Labour, Politicae Britannicae, Politics.
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  1. davecole.org » blog » Blog Archive » The Stonewall hustings Says:
    April 22nd, 2008 at 9:33 pm

    [...] promote cycling, everyone supported a system similar to the French Velib (which I have talked about here) that should be rolled out in the next year or so. Ken Livingstone added that the revenue raised on [...]

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