Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Vélib

Paris Wins the ITDP Sustainable Transport Award

By Jason Varone | Nov 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy has chosen Paris for its 2008 Sustainable Transportation Award. In a letter from the ITDP Board of Directors to Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, the Institute praises the French capitol’s recent transportation policies, most notably the Vélib project: Under your leadership, Paris has implemented a range of innovative mobility […]

More Bike-Sharing Photos From Paris

By Jason Varone | Sep 10, 2007 | 2 Comments

Luc Nadal of the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy snapped these photos of Parisians utilizing Velib, their city’s popular new bike-sharing service. As Eric Britton, founder of the Paris-based New Mobility Agenda notes in this video, the first half hour of bike rental is free.

A French Revolution: This One On Two Wheels, No Guillotine

By Jason Varone | Jul 16, 2007 | 1 Comment

On Sunday in Paris, more than 10,000 bicycles became available at 750 self-service docking stations. The bike program, called Vélib (for "vélo," bicycle, and "liberté," freedom) is supposed to double in size by the end of the year. Pierre Aidenbaum, mayor of Paris’s trendy third district, said "For a long time cars were associated with […]

Zipcar, Meet Zipbike

By Brad Aaron | Mar 30, 2007 | 14 Comments

Two remarkably similar yet fundamentally different campaigns are underway to promote vehicle sharing in the city. Earlier this month the Brooklyn Record noted a new web site devoted to attracting Zipcar service to Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Zip Fort Greene says, "The closest [ZipCar] wheels are a brisk 15 minute walk (and once construction […]

Paris Embraces Plan to Become City of Bikes

By Jason Varone | Mar 26, 2007 | 4 Comments

The Velo’v public bicycle system in Lyon, France. By the end of 2007 the city of Paris will have 1,450 bike stations offering 20,000 bicycles. The Washington Post reports: On July 15, the day after Bastille Day, Parisians will wake up to discover thousands of low-cost rental bikes at hundreds of high-tech bicycle stations scattered […]

Paris Set for Invasion of Self-Service Bicycles

By Jason Varone | Feb 6, 2007 | 14 Comments

Expatica.com reports: Paris is bracing for a transport revolution later this year with the arrival of more than 20,000 self-service bicycles thanks to a deal between city hall and one of the world’s leading suppliers of urban advertising. A contract signed Monday with JCDecaux gives the French firm access to more than 1,600 hoardings and […]