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In Strasbourg, the bike hire scheme is not just a fad

In Strasbourg, the bike hire scheme is not just a fad

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by Elsa Sidawy | 10.18.11

In Strasbourg, cycling is very popular. About 10% of daily trips are made by bike – which is a national record. Last year, the Alsatian capital took the plunge when it decided to set up Vélhop, its own bike hire scheme (BHS). The goal is to reach 20% by 2020.

In Toulouse, officials open their cars thanks to mobile phones

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by Elsa Sidawy | 10.12.11

Last Wednesday, the metropolitan community of Toulouse launched “autopartage@ toulouse” a carsharing experiment which gives about thirty community officials access to a fleet of ten Twingos.

Trends and innovations in bike mobility

Trends and innovations in bike mobility

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by Elsa Sidawy | 10.07.11

The bicycle market is going well. Bike mobility is having great success as comfort and safety constraints have gradually been removed, thus encouraging people to cycle in town more often. City-planning policies and financial aids to help people buy electrically assisted pedal cycles constitute additional levers for the development of these mobility bikes, as Didier Huré, General Delegate of the french National Council of Cycling Professions explains.

Walking: a means of transport like any other?

Walking: a means of transport like any other?

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by Elsa Sidawy | 09.29.11

Rise and walk! This literary injunction sums up the comments made by the contributors to the conference “Developing walking in cities: pedestrian mobility, health and safety,” organised by the Certu on September 15th in Paris, right in the middle of the European Mobility Week. Excellent for health and environment, as much as for corner shops, walking gradually fits in urban transport and town-planning policies, like any other means of public transport.

Vélobox: bikes now parked vertically

Vélobox: bikes now parked vertically

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by Elsa Sidawy | 09.23.11

An opportune moment? We’ll have to wait until Paris’ Fête du Vélo to view this first project by the city of Paris as part of its call for Intelligent Street Furniture. This next generation bike stand allows eight bikes to be parked protected from the elements in triangular boxes staggered along the curbside lane.

Travelers with a smartphone access to a serial thriller in public transports

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by Elsa Sidawy | 09.22.11

It’s hard to make one’s voice heard in the midst of Mobility Week while all transport actors are vying for the stage. Veolia Transdev offers travelers with a smartphone access every day to a part of the serial thriller by Pierre Lemaitre, Les Grands Moyens.

Minneapolis invents the bicycle kiosk

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by Elsa Sidawy | 09.19.11

In the United States, Minneapolis is a cycling city par excellence. To help keep the later riding high a local company has invented the Bike Fixtation, a self-service kiosk dedicated to non-motorized two-wheelers.

“Without a critical mass of users, dynamic carpooling simply cannot exist”

“Without a critical mass of users, dynamic carpooling simply cannot exist”

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by Elsa Sidawy | 09.19.11

Carpooling actors today are moving quickly. And for good reason, the battle continues with the emergence of dynamic carpooling, which will soon allow users to keep their own hours. But for Frederic Bisson, vice president in charge of parliamentary relations with Feduco, dynamic carpooling today faces a major obstacle: achieving a critical mass of users.

Marseille is getting revved up for dynamic carpooling

Marseille is getting revved up for dynamic carpooling

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by Elsa Sidawy | 09.06.11

A new arrival in France, Green Monkeys is shaking up traditional carpooling. After experimenting in the Geneva area, the service, which is focused on home-office commuting, is descending upon the city of Marseille and claims to offer what is missing today in traditional carpooling: reliability and flexibility.

In one night, the Lyon bus network metamorphosizes

In one night, the Lyon bus network metamorphosizes

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by Bernard Rivalta | 08.31.11

Last Monday, August 29th, Lyon’s bus network turned a new page in its history. The Greater Lyon Public Transit, the largest French network after Paris, restructured its entire bus network overnight, literally.

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