http://urbanvelo.org/velib_thieves/ Bicycle culture on the skids. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:52:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://urbanvelo.org/velib_thieves/comment-page-1/#comment-11996 Vélib’ on the Skids at Urban Velo Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:03:46 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=1449#comment-11996 [...] you’ve been following the Parisian saga that is Vélib’, then you won’t be terribly surprised to learn that 80 percent of the initial 20,600 bicycles [...]

]]> http://urbanvelo.org/velib_thieves/comment-page-1/#comment-3112 Barturtle Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:27:00 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=1449#comment-3112 Well, the system was paid for by an advertising agency, who got to put up ads at each bike station for free (but still charge the companies advertising). All profits go to the city. I’m betting that the agency is still willing to pay to outfit new stations with stands and bikes in exchange for the ad space they will make a profit off of, and possibly the city might have to be willing to use some of it profits to replace those lost and damaged bikes…either way it’s a wonderful system than any city should be jealous of.

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