Big Apple announces big plans for bike-sharing; It will promote more bicycling in the city

Now that New York City is finally getting on the bandwagon with a bike-sharing system, I suppose we'll soon be hearing a lot more about the advantages of substituting short auto trips with bike trips. That's a good thing.

Of course, some media outlets are already raising fear and loathing about the launch of the bike-sharing system announced Wednesday with 10,000 bikes operating from 600 bike stations in the summer of 2012. Turf wars are expected where bike kiosks could take up room on sidewalks, just as bike lanes sparked a debate earlier this year.

The Wall Street Journal points out the system "could dramatically expand the already growing number of bicyclists in New York City."

Could? It would ...

Source: http://www.bikingbis.com/blog/_archives/2011/9/15/4899870.html

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