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OK for Paris...Now a London Bike Rental Program?
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11-30-2007 9:07 AM
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Try a new way to get across town....rent a bicycle
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margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23407716-details/Mayor+wants+London+to+copy+Paris+bike+rentals/article.do">a plan to offer thousands of bikes for rent for short trips across central London</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23407716-details/Mayor+wants+London+to+copy+Paris+bike+rentals/article.do"> to copy the Parisian idea of providing 10,000 self-service cycles that can be unlocked from racks and used for up to 30 minutes at a time</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23407716-details/Mayor+wants+London+to+copy+Paris+bike+rentals/article.do">The heavy grey bikes are available from 750 places</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23407716-details/Mayor+wants+London+to+copy+Paris+bike+rentals/article.do">for a one euro (65p) fee for each half-hour of cycling.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23407716-details/Mayor+wants+London+to+copy+Paris+bike+rentals/article.do"> have been hired 1.2 million times - each being used six times a day.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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