'Velib' - the new rental
pushbike scheme introduced by
the Paris Town Hall - from
'Velo' - bike and 'Liberté' -
liberty or freedom.The idea is
that you pay a Subscription -
either Daily, Weekly or Yearly
- ranging from 1 Euro daily to
5 Euros Weekly to 29 Euros
Yearly. On top of that you pay
a Security Deposit of â?¬150.
The
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'Velib' - the new rental
pushbike scheme introduced by
the Paris Town Hall - from
'Velo' - bike and 'Liberté' -
liberty or freedom.The idea is
that you pay a Subscription -
either Daily, Weekly or Yearly
- ranging from 1 Euro daily to
5 Euros Weekly to 29 Euros
Yearly. On top of that you pay
a Security Deposit of â?¬150.
Then you put your credit card
or your pass into the machine
and take your bike. The first
half hour is free, then it
starts to cost - â?¬1 for the
next half-hour, â?¬2 for the
half-hour after that and then
a whopping â?¬4 for the
following half hours. In other
words if you have the bike for
2 hours it's going to cost you
â?¬7. So the whole idea of
this scheme is very short-term
rental - long enough to get
you from one end of the city
to the other. Using a bike
instead of the Metro, bus or
tram.Here's their crappy site
- http://www.velib.paris.fr/ -
in French.

Category Travel & Places

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