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Yes, it seems like every big city in the world is pursuing sustainable (ie. properly funded, via public-private partnerships) bike sharing systems... except for Toronto - although there are rumours of some re-incarnation of BikeShare - but I have yet to hear anything more than rumours.
Meanwhile, Montreal, who is basing their system on Paris' enormously successful one, is getting a famous designer to make sure everything looks pretty:
Now it seems that we will not only be able to borrow bikes for a small cost, we’ll be doing so in style. This week, Montreal’s parking authority, which will run the program, announced that industrial designer Michel Dallaire will design the bikes and docking stations. ...
Dallaire is really leaving his mark on the city: last fall, he was commissioned to design new street furniture for the downtown area. If the benches, lampposts, bike racks and garbage cans he designed for the Quartier international are any indication, we’ll be treated with a bike sharing system that is sleek, simple and beautifully functional.
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