Monday, August 3, 2009
Happy 2nd Birthday, Velib!
Velib, the bicycle-sharing program in the city of Paris, France, celebrates its second anniversary this month. The word Velib (pronounced VAY-leeb), comes from combining "velo," the French word for bicycle, and "liberte," or freedom.
The program has been very popular, with surveys showing 94% of Parisians judging it to be a success. It has not been without problems, however; mainly, a high rate of vandalism. Inexplicably, a similar bike-sharing program in the French city of Lyon has not had such a problem.
You can read and/or listen to more details in this story from today's Morning Edition program on National Public Radio:
Labels:
bicycle sharing,
France,
In the news,
Paris
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