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Morgan
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« on: February 10, 2009, 05:19:37 PM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7881079.stm
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« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2009, 09:49:18 AM »
Dzamn, that's entertaining and sad at the same time.  BRW should place a credit card hold for the value of the bike (once we are able to charge credit cards) and only rent out the pimpinest bikes (once we start the rental program).
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« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2009, 12:32:58 PM »
http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/02/12/reports-of-velib%e2%80%99s-demise-greatly-exaggerated/
Gary pointed this out.

Apparently the company that is running it is complaining, but actually the vandalism/theft/misuse was planned for, all of the vandalized bikes have been replaced, and evidently the complaints are just part of the companies attempt to bargain for a better deal from the city...

Only about 15 bikes per day (of 21,000 bikes in the fleet) are vandalized/broken/stolen/lost.
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