What can we learn from Paris?

By Richard Linington | August 9, 2007

Approximately three weeks ago Paris introduced 10,000 self-service bicycles across 750 locations. People who join the scheme pay £20 per year and leave a deposit which allows people to use bicycles for 30 minutes each day. In the first week the bikes were used 1.2 million times!

Read more in The Times.

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