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fahrrad-himmel in montreal

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Montreal pedals past us

RENTING A BIXI IN MONTREAL

Insert your credit card, get a code, choose a bike at its dock, type in the code and, voilà, you're riding.

The first 30 minutes are free. The second 30 minutes cost $1.50, the third $3, the fourth and subsequent 30-minute periods cost $6 each.

With a membership – $28 for a month or $78 for a year (the season is only May through November) – you get a keycard and the process is faster.

Bikes can be dropped off at any station. If the docks are full, you get an extra 15 minutes free to drop it at the nearest station.

Montreal's system is more expensive than those in Europe, local officials say, because Bixi is city-owned and does not, as in the case of Vélib, the bike rental service in Paris, rely on an advertising company to operate the system in exchange for ad space.
With the launch of North America's first full-fledged bicycle rental service and a huge path expansion planned, the city is a cyclist's paradise compared with Toronto



MONTREAL – So what if the white painted stripes outlining the bike lane along Prince Arthur St. aren't straight, as if drawn by a child without a ruler.

At least the lane is there, say the hundreds of cyclists who use it every day. In fact, bike lanes like this, and paths demarcated by concrete curbs, are everywhere in this city, which for cycling enthusiasts seems to have suddenly become bike heaven.

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http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/628997


na - das ist mal was für die umwelt

kanada ist da besser als deutschland - oder?

In D gibt's schon recht lange "Call-a-Bike", inzwischen angeboten von der Deutschen Bahn. Sehr aehnliches Konzept.