On 24/06/2010 11:07, Theo Markettos wrote:
Roland wrote:
I saw one in Lausanne recently, where a chap was assiduously filling up
empty racks from a trailer (I did wonder what the carbon efficiency of
that was in the event he drives a few miles to deliver just one bike...
but no doubt over time it works out.

Lausanne is built on a rather large hill. I imagine all the bikes drift to
the bottom, so some kind of rebalancing is required. I imagine that isn't
so much a problem in London or Paris, though perhaps they will end up
congregating at other places?

Cardiff has the beginnings of a similar scheme:
http://www.oybike.com

Theo
(who notes that the Lausanne metro has a special section for bikes, which
might help with the hill problem)

Especially if they give a small discount for people with rented bikes.

Basil Jet wrote:
Especially if they give a small discount for people with rented bikes.

If you stay in any hotel (even the youth hostel) in Lausanne you get a free
travel pass for the duration, so that generally isn't a problem for the
tourist

Theo

On 25/06/2010 23:13, Theo Markettos wrote:
Basil wrote:
Especially if they give a small discount for people with rented bikes.

If you stay in any hotel (even the youth hostel) in Lausanne you get a free
travel pass for the duration, so that generally isn't a problem for the
tourist

It's some years since I went, but IIRC it was Lausanne where the Youth
Hostel was about one or two stops outside the zone where the ticket was
valid!

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