1. New Mobility in Paris: The politics of transport 26

• 1.1 Paris 2007 transport in brief 27
• 1.2 Coming to grips with "Old Mobility" - Everybody's problems 29
• 1.3 A short history of Old and New Mobility in Paris 32
• 1.4 Paris' New Mobility toolbox: Building blocks for a sustainable city 34
• 1.5 The driving political priorities of New Mobility in Paris 36
• 1.6 Cites, transport & the potential for massive CO2 reductions 38
• 1.7 Criteria for selecting Paris's New Mobility focus projects 41

2. City Bike projects, from 1968 to 2007 43

• 2.1 What's a "City Bike"? 43
• 2.2 How they work and what they do? 44
• 2.3 A short history of City Bikes 45
• 2.4 Vélo'v: Lyons shows the way 47
• 2.5 What have we learned from these projects 48

3. Vélib': Paris' pioneering city bike project hits the street 49

• 3.1 Vélib' in brief 50
• 3.2 How it works: 51
• 3.3 What makes Vélib' special? 52
• 3.4 Accomplishments and lessons 53
• 3.5 Teething Problems 54
• 3.6 Vélib' Questions & Answers 56
• 3.7 Where does all that leave the City of Paris today? 58

4. Reflections and recommendations to decision makers 59

• 4.1 Memo to city leaders, concerned institutions and agencies 60
• 4.2 Learning from Vélib' 61
• 4.3 Start here! Your initial planning checklist 63
• 4.4 Be aware! It is going to alter your city in fundamental ways 64
• 4.5 A thinking exercise for mayors on costs and benefits: 65
• 4.6 Paying for your project 66
• 4.7 Emerging competitive environment will benefit your project 67
• 4.8 The bottom line for your city 68

5. Closing note to foundations and international programs 69

• 5.1 Do City Bikes combat climate change? 69
• 5.2 Here is why you should be looking at this very closely 72
• 5.3 And here are some of the things you can do about it 74

Afterword 76

Annex: Planner's Workbook 77

• A.1 Start here! Your initial planning checklist 78
• A.2 Laying the base for your new City Bike system 79
• A.3 Partners for your new system 80
• A.4 A Vélib' Scorecard (October 2007) 82
• A.5 Velib'/City Cycle impacts - A qualitative commentary 84
• A.6 On-street advertising (Careful does it!) 86
• A.7 Three ideas you may want to consider for your project 88
• A.8 Your project's sustainability and transformation potential 89
• A.9 A first short list of useful web and print sources. 91
• A.10 International City Bike Expertise 92
• A.11 Contact data on leading City Bike projects 94

Annex B: City Bike Supplier Profiles 95

• B.1 Supplier contacts (Summary) 95
• B.2 Bicincitta (Italy) 97
• B.3 Clear Channel Smartbike 100
• B.4 DB Rent GmbH (Germany) 102
• B.5 EFFIA Vélossimo (France) 104
• B.6 FCC - Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (Spain) 106
• B.7 JCDecaux (France) 108
• B.8 Movimento (France) 110
• B.9 neXtbike (Germany) 112
• B.10 OV Fiets: Public Bicycles (Netherlands) 114
• B.11 OYBike Systems (U.K.) 116
• B. 12 QI System 118
• B.13 Veolia Transport (France) 120
• B.14 Vipre Homeport (U.K.) 122

Annex C: Tourist Bike Profiles 124

• C.1 Copenhagen City Bikes - "Bycyklen" (Denmark) 125
• C.2 Helsinki City Bikes (Finland) 128
• C.3 Oslo Bysykkel Bikes (Norway) 129

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