Paris has Vélib, Barcelona has Bicing, and as of today, Montreal will start to showcase its own European-style bike-sharing program with a fetching name: Bixi. The program will get its official rollout in the spring, with 2,400 bicycles available at 300 stations across the city.
"It's personalized mass transit," said Alain Ayotte of Stationnement Montreal, the city parking authority that developed the program.
Ordet Bixi är en kombination av "bicyclette" (det vill säga cykel) och "taxi".
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Benämningen "personalized mass transit" ger mig lite dubbla känslor. Ska man ha det, så är det montrealmodellen jag förespråkar.
