Cycling in Ottawa » bike sharing http://cyclinginottawa.ca Watching bike and transportation issues in the National Capital Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Paris, Oh Paris Be Mine http://cyclinginottawa.ca/2007/10/26/paris-oh-paris-be-mine/ http://cyclinginottawa.ca/2007/10/26/paris-oh-paris-be-mine/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:30:37 +0000 Adam http://cyclinginottawa.fcgottawa.ca/?p=6 Or make that Paris’ bike system at least. There is an interesting letter in The Herald (UK) today regarding how cycle-friendly Paris actually. Particularly innovative is how Paris has incorporated cycling into their mass-transit strategy through their Velib Program. In my mind, the goal of any mass transit system should be to move people as effectively and quickly across the city, by any means. Too often, cities focus on trains, buses and the like and simply view adding some bike lanes as a political concession to yuppie, cyclist voters. This fails to capitalize on the tremendous potential that alternative transportation methods can offer.

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