Free bikes in Birmingham?
City gets bike chic as talks begin for Velib scheme

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City authorities have been in discussions with JC Decaux, who operate the
Liberal Democrat councillor Jerry Evans is one of the strongest proponents of a bike scheme, he said “I looked at the scheme while in
Talking to BikeRadar, Evans stressed that getting a sufficient density of bike coverage in the central areas of
A spokeswoman for Centro outlined how public bike hire was part of their plans for the future: “As part of our five year business plan we are looking at the possibility of bringing cycle hire schemes, similar to the successful system in Paris, into the region.”
The scheme could make use of
It is to be hoped that the proposed scheme can avoid the recent crticism a similar scheme has attracted recently in Dublin.