City bike rental systems

More than 20,000 bicycles are to be made available at 1,450 rental stations in Paris by year’s end. A company called Cyclocity is working with the city to establish the bike rental system, The Washington Post reported March 24. Renters will pay a membership fee ranging from $1.30 for one day to about $38 a year. Each time they borrow a bicycle, they will get the first half-hour free, but will pay on a graduated scale for each half-hour after that, beginning with $1.30 for the second half-hour. Cyclocity operates a similar bike rental network in Lyon, France, handling about 20,000 bike rentals a day.