All entries for Saturday 13 August 2005

Lyon's rentabike scheme

Follow-up to Why campus bike hire won't work from Cycling to and around Warwick University

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The key point is that "high tech" is used to provide a strong incentive not to abuse the system. It's no use labouring under the hippy-era illusion that most people would be public-spirited enough to return bikes after use unless they knew they would be held accountable. Also "high-tech" cuts down on the paperwork.

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