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crazycanuck
02-10-2009, 03:00 PM
Urgh..:mad:

I love the headline though!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7881079.stm
Eden
02-10-2009, 03:02 PM
It's sad that some people have so little respect for others.
wackyjacky1
02-10-2009, 03:55 PM
Oh, I hate reading this! I think it's such a cool idea, and when I was there in January, people seemed to really love them. Sometimes people suck... :mad:
bmccasland
02-11-2009, 04:31 AM
I was really hoping this would work. I guess only in the Paris of my dreams. The real Paris has social issues and ill behaved people just like the rest of the world. :(
Grog
02-12-2009, 01:44 PM
"Velib story exaggerated" according to this other story:
http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/12/reports-of-velibs-demise-greatly-exaggerated/
tulip
02-15-2009, 12:03 PM
A certain amount of loss was anticipated from the start, but I don't know how it's working out since I don't live there anymore. It's a great program and really opens up the city to residents. I would have loved to have had Velib up and running when I lived there, and it was fantastic to see when I visited last year.

DC has a similar but much smaller (too small to be effective in my opinion) program. Anyone know how it's doing (I don't live there anymore, either--I just keep moving around)?