Velib: Great Video of Bike Sharing in Paris

Lyon and Paris, France developed the modern bike sharing models and after the wild success of their Velo’v and Vélib programs, cities around the world are scrambling to follow suit. Barcelona, Spain has the wildly popular Bicing, Washington D.C. just launched their SmartBike operation and Portland, OR, Montreal, Canada, and a host of other international cities plan to institute bike-sharing systems shortly.

Copenhagenzine created a fabulous video about the Vélib experience in Paris:

I came across this film just after writing an article about helmet use – so it’s hard not to notice that brain buckets are nowhere to be seen.

Photo via flickr by batigolix.

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