Vélib ~ Large-Scale Bike Share System in Paris

Boston-metro will soon get a bike-share system powered by the Montreal Bixi solution. For over two years now, Paris has had its own version of such a system -- Vélib -- deployed on an advertisement-subsidized basis by JCDecaux. This Paris model may not be replicable elsewhere, but nevertheless, compelling lessons can be learned from this fantastically dense and highly used system...