<div>25 June 2012</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div id="spArticleFunctions" style="margin:4px 0px 21px;font-size:0.833em;overflow:hidden;height:1.2em;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<div id="spShortDate" content="2012-06-25T16:12:00+0200" style="font-size:1em;line-height:1.2em">06/25/2012</div> </div><h2 style="line-height:1.2777em;margin:17px 0px 13px;padding:0px;color:rgb(153,0,0);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span class="spArticleTopicLine" style="color:rgb(102,102,102);display:block;font-size:0.778em;line-height:1.2777em;margin:0px 0px 17px;padding:0px">Five Years of Velib</span><span class="spArticleHeadLine">How Cycling Became Chic in Paris</span></h2>
<p class="spAuthor" style="font-style:italic;line-height:18px;font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">By <a href="mailto:stefan_simons@spiegel.de" style="color:rgb(153,0,0);text-decoration:none">Stefan Simons</a> in Paris</p>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><strong style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Once upon a time, only a small number of Parisians rode bikes, but the French capital city's Velib bike rental system has shaken up the way locals move from Point A to Point B. Five years after their debut, cycling has become cool in Paris -- and there are fewer cars clogging up the city center.</strong>
</div><div><strong style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></strong></div><div><strong style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,geneva,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#ff0000">Read the full article here: </font></strong><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/paris-bike-hire-scheme-is-five-years-old-a-840775.html">http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/paris-bike-hire-scheme-is-five-years-old-a-840775.html</a> </div>
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