In france there is a metal shaft sticking out of the ground controlled by something that looks like a parking meter. You hold the RFID card on it and it lowers it so you can pass in your car. This way, say only people that own the shop/delivery cars/trucks can go thorough.
Check out “Velib” I think this is a great program.
“The system is financed by the JCDecaux advertising corporation, in return for Paris signing over the income from a substantial portion of on-street billboard advertising.
The company paid start-up costs of about $115 million and employs the equivalent of about 285 people full time to operate the system and repair the bikes for 10 years. The city receives all revenue from the program as well as a fee of about $4.3 million a year. In return, JCDecaux receives exclusive control over 1,628 city-owned billboards; the city receives about half of that billboard space at no charge for public-interest advertising.”
"[I] read somewhere that all these energy drinks are full of sugar or a derivative."
Really, Einstein? As opposed to what - chicken, rice and vegetables?
Quote of much longer than a month
"I thought being a bike messenger would be cool... Yeah it's cool, baby. Like smoking, it could kill you and it's hard to quit but it sure looks cool."
I emailed a link to this video to Clive Dutton (of Big City Plan) asking him to view a few months ago. No acknowledgment or reply received.
In france there is a metal shaft sticking out of the ground controlled by something that looks like a parking meter. You hold the RFID card on it and it lowers it so you can pass in your car. This way, say only people that own the shop/delivery cars/trucks can go thorough.
Check out “Velib” I think this is a great program.
We know all about Velib here in England. There’s talk of it starting in London.
It seems like a great idea. The bikes are not really made for speed though. Maybe they could replace them with carbon frame fixed gears or something.
Is Velib a private company or is it done by the govt?
“The system is financed by the JCDecaux advertising corporation, in return for Paris signing over the income from a substantial portion of on-street billboard advertising.
The company paid start-up costs of about $115 million and employs the equivalent of about 285 people full time to operate the system and repair the bikes for 10 years. The city receives all revenue from the program as well as a fee of about $4.3 million a year. In return, JCDecaux receives exclusive control over 1,628 city-owned billboards; the city receives about half of that billboard space at no charge for public-interest advertising.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velib
See also: ‘Will Velib work in London?‘ on the Bike Show, Resonance FM.
JCDecaux already have exclusive control over city owned billboards in Birmingham. I doubt very much that a cycle scheme will ever happen here. Pity.