[sustran] [World Streets] Public Bikes in Latin American Cities: What next?

[Eric Britton]

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public bike systems on the streets of places like Paris, Barcelona, Lyon,
and more recently Montreal -- and more than fifty smaller systems, most of
which in Europe and all doing a pretty fair job at what they have set out to
do. That's just fine. But what about the mega-cities of Latin America? 

Will shared bike projects work out there? And if they are to have a shot at
success how should they be planned, configured, implemented and then made to
do the job day after day in the full stream of the continent's exciting
traffic and city life.

That was the issue that Eric Britton of the New Mobility Partnerships and
World Streets was asked to address in an open brainstorm organized by the
WRI EMBARQ team in Cuernavaca Mexico on 2 July 2009.
 


 
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