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laurishly: holymoly: Ode to incredibly smart city transportation. The public bicycle system in Montreal isn’t anything new to the world… except for us Americans. It’s apparently been around for over fifty years but only has recently been seen in the States as of 2006. It basically works like this: you swipe your card and pay a $5 fee (Montreal’s price), take a bike, ride it around town, and drop it off at any of the hundreds of other stations around the city. The result? Everyone is cycling. Everyone. For only $5/24 hours, $28/1 month and $78/one year, it just makes sense. I thought this was so cool when I visited Montreal last summer. I wish more cities would follow suit!

laurishly:

holymoly: Ode to incredibly smart city transportation.

The public bicycle system in Montreal isn’t anything new to the world… except for us Americans. It’s apparently been around for over fifty years but only has recently been seen in the States as of 2006.

It basically works like this: you swipe your card and pay a $5 fee (Montreal’s price), take a bike, ride it around town, and drop it off at any of the hundreds of other stations around the city.

The result? Everyone is cycling. Everyone. For only $5/24 hours, $28/1 month and $78/one year, it just makes sense.

I thought this was so cool when I visited Montreal last summer. I wish more cities would follow suit!

1 year ago on June 05, 2010 at 04:42pm
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  1. mrgrafix reblogged this from desluvulongtyme and added:
    laurishly:holymoly: Ode to incredibly smart city transportation....Senators? Congressmen?...
  2. woody reblogged this from lemon-difficult and added:
    this is so common over here, in almost every city i have been too. i am in for a bitch of a culture shock when i get...
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  4. mikehudack reblogged this from cowsandmilk and added:
    Really fantastic stuff.
  5. cowsandmilk reblogged this from ceallaigh and added:
    Boston was supposed to launch in May, no bikes seen so far…
  6. philippe-lazaro reblogged this from lemon-difficult and added:
    The public bicycle system in Montreal isn’t anything new to the world… except for us Americans. It’s apparently been...
  7. sabkiii reblogged this from lemon-difficult and added:
    I would definitely use this.
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    Miami Beach Bike Sharing Program is supposed
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  11. lemon-difficult reblogged this from laurishly and added:
    I thought this was so cool when I visited...last summer. I wish more cities would follow...
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