I have been thinking and dreaming about riding a bike in Tel Aviv before, so the decision of the finance committee of the City of Tel Aviv-Yafo to put money in the bike rental system is great news!
Witte Fietsen / White Bike Plan
The first white bike plan ever has been ‘developed’ by students at the end of the sixties in Amsterdam (Ask Frits all about it. He was there! ;-) – ed.) and between then and now there have been several bicycle sharing systems in different countries, the last – Vélib – in Paris, France. They all had their problems, mostly concering vandalism and theft…
In Tel Aviv hey will start with 1500 bikes and 150 stations, which will be 5250 bikes and 225 stations in 10 years.
I really hope they succeed, because as I said before, riding a bike in Tel Aviv would be fantastic – even with all the dangers. ;-)
[see the article about the rental system in Haaretz]
Tags: amsterdam, bike, ecology, environment, france, netherlands, paris., provo, rental, riding, sixties, tel aviv-yafo, vélib, white bike plan, witte fietsen
