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Bikes for Boston

In July a company in Paris launched a city wide biking rental service. More that 10,000 bikes installed in the City; over 4mln people have used the service: 100,000 rides a day. Wow. Other cities in Europe have similar programs.

I realize there are several months bikes are not practical for Boston, but we do have 200 days a year of sunshine. We have a young population, a large about of commuters who work in the city.

We have a rising amount of diabetes and obesity. We have a high dependency of fossil fuels. We need more biking riding.

Mayor Menino has the biking bug, let’s invite one of these companies to set up in Boston

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  1. Actually, the Globe ran an article a few weeks ago on on how Boston is looking to improve bicycling infrastructure around Boston.  (There was also another, longer story, but I can’t find that right now.)  As part of this, their also considering bringing a cyclocity-style program here.

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    BTW, forgive my shameless self-promotion, but anyone looking for more background on the program in Paris (and other European cities) can take a look at my Daily Kos Diary on the subject.

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