Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Article - Success Velib Tempered by Costs of Breakdowns

Since the introduction of the bike rental system last year in the French capital the Vélib’s have made 26 million trips. In their fight against traffic congestion and air-pollution the Paris city council and outdoor advertiser JCDecaux created a successful rental system that is regarded as the showcase to get more people biking.

The down site of Vélib’s success is the huge cost as a result of vandalism and spare parts. In the first half year JCDecaux already spent € 20.6 million to keep the bikes on the road.

1 comment:

worldstreets said...

Here is some context on this project which you may find of interest: The piece is entitled "Happy birthday Velib - Oh dear what's wrong with you". You can pick it up at
http://newmobilityagenda.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.html