Montreal's BIXI wins bike-sharing contract in Minneapolis

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Montreal's BIXI wins bike-sharing contract in Minneapolis

par Oyez Oyez » Mer Fév 03, 2010 11:30 am

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Expect to see a lot of these bicycles on the streets of Minneapolis this coming summer.

The non-profit formed to bring public bike-sharing to the city chose Public Bike System, the developer of Montreal's BIXI, to provide bikes and kiosks to the project.

The bike-sharing project, Nice Ride Minnesota, is aiming to put 65 kiosks around downtown, college campuses and surrounding commerial areas by June. In all 80 kiosks and 1,000 bikes are projected in Phase 1.

Currently, there are about 160 bike-sharing systems in the world. The highest profile is the Paris Velib ....

Author: Gene Bisbee
Category: Main Page Bicycle Advocacy Other cycling
Publish Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:28:00 -0800



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