The scheme is about 1 month old. Problem is that you need to find an empty stand to get get rid of the bike. So the whole thing is not as green as it pretends to be since there are teams with vans and trailers shifting the bikes from overflowing stands to empty ones.In theory the bikes should turn around town through use.
ah, ok, I see.
I'm sure they will find the way and tune it so it will be easy to use...
do you put coins to get the bike? or need to pay somewhere? How does it work?
YOu need to buy a one year pass for 15€ with your credit card. To get a bike you'll have to swipe your credit card in a machine at the bike stand. This will release a particular bike. The first half-hour is free, after that you pay 1€/h to a maximum of 5€/day.
If you don't bring the bike bake in 24hours you'll be charged 150€.
Negative points: It does only work for people with credit cards.
The idea behind the free half-hour is to make the bikes turn around: you get a bike, ride 25 minutes, drop it at a stand, get a new bike and so on. That way you could theoretically ride all for free. Unless the stand where you want to drop the bike is full and you have to ride on. Here the people with the vans and trailers come in.
clever with some flows...
Too much work to change your bikes every half an hour ... even if the stands were not full.
I thought more of the service they have here, where you can rent a bike for a day or 2 or more if you're on holiday and don't have means (or don't feel like) taking your own bike. There are bike paths everywhere and it's nice to move around on a bike.
and in a city much faster sometimes than with any other means of transportation.
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