Hi Todd, What goes through the minds of the individuals who vandalise bicycles is very little... Vandalism of bicycles is not limited to bike-sharing, but to private bicycles too. Some see great entertainment value in vandalising bicyles here in the Netherlands, particularly late at night on their way home from a bar. I doubt very much that the car lobby or taxi drivers are behind the vandalism in Paris. The Dutch police do very little to prevent bicycle crime and will only register a theft, I'm told, if you can present the original two keys for your cut bicycle lock. It's not only the poor who steal and vandalise, but the privileged too, sometimes seeking retribution for a bicycle of theirs that was stolen, and so a cycle begins/continues. What is the answer? Perhaps we need to look east to the land of the rising sun. Ian