Bike-Share: What Is That?
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Bike-sharing is not exactly a very new concept. This concept has been put to action in Paris since 2007 and it has been a successful project. The government even consider a car-sharing program, similar as the bike-sharing concept.
The concept is to pay a daily fee or annual fee to access to the public bikes. These public bikes are available at special designated stations and you can pay by cash or credit cards for the fees.
For a mere $2/day, the Parisians can unlock any of the 20,000 bikes at the 1,500 stations 24 hours a day. Then they just return to any of the 1,500 stations when they are done riding.
If bike-sharing is a huge success in Paris, why not implement this in other countries as well.
Paris, Barcelona, Washington D.C., Montreal and Mexico City have implemented this program. New York and Portland are currently under development.
The idea bike-sharing came upon during the fuel price hike sometime ago and it is proven that this idea indeed is a great way to reduce traffic jam on the road and the best part is everyone can save more money on transportation.
Besides, biking is a type of exercise that can help to keep you in shape.
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