1. Report: Immediate delivery of the print report a key analytic doeumnet based on deep knowledge of the city bike filed adn its broader strategic planning context, as practiced at the leading edge in cities aorund the world.
2. Report updates: Regular updates of report over 2008.
3. Support hotline: Up to four hours of hot line consultancy support by phone or videoconference, along with a favored rate for further support services as you plan and implement your project.
4. Debriefs/News: Private communications of exception information;, heads-ups on projects, events and techniques; and suggestions.
5. World City Bike Forum: Access to this resource
6. Accelerated Learning Sessions: Invitations to participate in the two planned expert workshops over 2008.

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Report organzation and presentation

The carefully researched report (an on-going project, see below for updating services) is prepared to inform considering cities, public authorities and agencies as to how best to go about scouting, planning and implementing a city bike (or public bicycle) system of their own. It opens with an in-depth overview of the broader strategic process that the city of Paris has engaged as a leading example, and from there moves on to provide in-depth background on and analysis of the history and fast-breaking process of city bike developments worldwide (of which there are many with almost as many variations).

Against this firm background the report then goes on to consider how such a transformative project can be made to fit into the larger new mobility and sustainability framework of your city (see the New Mobility Agenda at http://www.invent.newmobility.org). Closing annexes identify the principal suppliers and eventual implementation partners, offering updates and contact details on each, while listing a number of individual consultants and groups with strong credentials whom you may wish to consult.

Subscription provides a solid toolkit of background, strategic counsel and support services for mayors, city leaders and agencies, suppliers and consultants interested in looking more closely into these innovative systems for their cities. It has been prepared as a first step in a broader phased process of laying the base for a strong city bike project in your city.

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Report updating

This report treats a highly dynamic on-going movement, in part because the newness and vitality of these projects means that additional information is coming in and being analyzed regularly over this first full year of operations. At the same time we are in continuing contact with city bike projects, suppliers and concerned public agencies around the world, all of which further deepens our information base and eventually the report itself. Thus, additional information and analytic materials are regularly incorporated into the updated editions of the report, and full updates will be made available at least twice during the year following your subscription.

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Accelerated Learning Sessions

Over 2008 the project team and associates are organizing Accelerate Learning workshops: tightly focused invitational events bringing together leading experts and groups with hands-on experience in city bike implementations, with city and public agency representatives. If your city, agency or group might be interested in sponsoring such a workshop you are invited to get in touch.

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Hotline - Support/Advisory Services

You may have questions, wish to talk over a project or idea, or simply like to have some feedback or discuss on something you are working with. With this in view the project, subscribers have free access to up to four hours of hotline support as part of their subscription. These consultations can be organized via telephone, videoconferencing, or personal visits. Subscribing cities and agencies receive a favored rate for further support services as you plan and implement your project.

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News, Ideas, Debriefs

Subscribers will over 2008 receive occasional private communications of exception information: heads-ups on projects, opportunities, events and techniques; and suggestions.

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