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The Bike Share Network Surrounding Central Park

Many cities around the country have set up a net work of bike sharing.  These are bicycle that are owned by a particular company, but are distributed throughout the cities for public use as very low costs.  Cities such as Portland, San Francisco and Minneapolis have been doing this for years, and recently the city of Manhattan has stepped up their efforts to make this a viable mode of transportation.  The bike stations are placed at various locations throughout the city, close to any hotel, Central Park, downtown and each of the five boroughs.

Anyone living in the area can easily access this mode of transportation, bringing the bicycle on the trains to further enhance the ease at which they get from one place to the next.  This is an extra added augmentation to the already competent public transit offered throughout the city.  And with the general population becoming more health conscious each and every day, this is one of the programs that is gaining in popularity.  During any given day in Paris, more than seventy thousand residents and tourists take advantage of this service.  New York is looking to match and eventually surpass that number.  This is a cost effective and healthy alternative to getting around some of the more congested cities of the world.  One very attractive aspect, is that this is an answer to transportation issues that is quickly implemented.  Programs set forth in Paris, doubled in just six short months.  As well as the quick implementation seen in Montreal.

The program involves the registration, for either use by the day, the week or the month.  The memberships can be purchases online and users receive cards, much like the transport cards used to ride the trains and the buses.  Members swipe their cards at the bike stations, enter a password and choose their bike.  Close to their destination, are similar stations where they just simply drop off the bike and continue on to their destination.  The first program of this kind is recorded in 1968, in the Dutch city of Amsterdam.  Although not entirely successful, as many bikes were stolen, improvements and organization have made this a viable and cost effective option in the cities around the world.

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Tags: Bike Share Network, Central Park, hotels, Montreal, PAris

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