An interesting idea was posted the other day in the comments section of the Photo of the Day of Montreal's Bixi being demonstrated in Toronto.

BikingToronto reader Barry el Ditto posted this, and it makes complete sense... why have every Canadian City re-invent the bikesharing system:

Why don't all the cities in Canada that are interested in seting up public bike programs, just go with the BIXI model. It's been thought-out and it's ready to go; in our climate.

The ecoomies of scale would be tremendous.

Across Canada every city could have its own BIXI system. Just pick a different colour and logo for each different city.

This could be part of a Canadian national identity, yet still --through different colours and logos--retain a local identity.