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London's bike-sharing program is scheduled to open to the public on July 30, 2010. As far as bike-sharing goes, it will be a pretty big launch (bigger than Washington DC's bike-share, for example): There will be about 400 bicycle docking stations, 10,200 docking spaces and 6,000 bicycles available at launch in central London
Boris Johnson, London's mayor and a cyclist commuter, has been a big supporter of the program. He said: “I have long held the view that a cyclised city is a civilised city, but if we are to get more Londoners on to two wheels rather than four we need to provide the facilities to help them do so. I hope a central-London cycle-hire scheme will inspire Londoners as a whole, and not just the adventurous few, to get on their bikes and give cycling a go. I believe that the work we are carrying out can make the capital a city of cyclists, where to use two wheels is common, not curious.”
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The bicycles and the docking stations that will be used in London are built in Canada and are based on Bixi, Montreal's bicycle rental system (pictured above).
I hope that all will go well with the launch, and that londoners will embrace the project. More cities around the world need to stop relying so much on cars, especially for weekday commuting (everybody just gets stuck in traffic anyway - a big waste of time and resources).
Via Cyclelicious
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