Velibs win award

Told you it was a good idea...

Paris revolutionized bike sharing programs of the past to create an individualized mass transit system called Velib ("Freedom Bikes"). People pay a low fee to use the bikes from one of the many bike parking stations located in the city and they can return the bikes to any station they wish. By the end of 2007, Velib had more than 1,200 stations and 15,000 bikes in the system. “Freedom bikes” in Paris fill the streets, proving more popular than anticipated. As of November 2007, more than 11 million trips have been made on these bikes.