The use and abuse of Paris' Velib bicycles

[Evil Sylvain]

The use and abuse of Paris' Velib bicycles

par Evil Sylvain » Lun Fév 09, 2009 10:33 pm

Cela est quand même étonnant. Qui aurait cru qu'un service gratuit (les premiers 30min sont gratuits) serait abusé... Il y a un vidéo intitulé "Vélib' Freeride".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afE44cHNkEg



It sounds like the Velib self-service bike program is so popular in Paris that people are just loving those bikes to death.

Of the 20,000 bicycles set out when the program launched less than two years ago, 7,800 have disappeared and 11,600 have been damaged and vandalized.

A TimesOnline story says some of the damage is outright malacious. Other damage is the result of wild stunts that users perform.

In the YouTube video above, the bikes are definitely pushed to their limits, although the filmmaker assures us, "No Velib used in this video was maltreated ...

Author: Gene Bisbee
Category: Main Page Bicycle Advocacy
Publish Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:39:00 -0800



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[Bryston]

par Bryston » Mar Fév 10, 2009 12:32 pm