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There is in fact a broad array of possible ways of handling your city bike challenge, ranging from situations in which all planning, technology, implementation and operations can be carried out by a single supplier partner, to more versatile arrangements wherein the city may buy in specific components and then put them together and operate themselves. This is a matter of resources, experience and choice. It will be important to check out all the options. (But it is always to be kept in mind that the city cannot afford to take a passive role in this process. If the cycling infrastructure and the rest does not follow as planned, the system is never going to work as it should. As we have seen in a certain number of cases this can be a very painful experience for all involved.)

If you are very brave, and above all if you have a strong background and both the technical and financial competences that go with it, you may end up planning, implementing and operating your own city bike system. This is a major challenge, and many will prefer to look for implementation partners with experience and technology to make it work.

If you want to know who are your most likely partners or suppliers for a City Bike project, this listing of web sites of the groups known to us thus far can be a good place for you to start. (For translation help in the various languages involved, we can suggest that either Google or Babelfish do an adequate job as a useful first cut.)

As you will see when you start to check them out, there is a fast-expanding wealth of information out there, and mastering this is of course a step in the process of having your strategy. But only a step.

Have you spotted someone who is not on this list and who should be? Of so please click here to inform us so that we can add them both to this inventory and to the full profiles that appear in the report.

Known suppliers and potential partners for your project:

• Check main menu on left for details on each.

1. Bicincittà (Italy)
   

2. Clear Channel Smartbike (Norway)
   

3. DB Call-a-bike (Germany)
   

4. EFFIA Vélossimo (France)
   

5. JCDecaux Cyclocity (France)
   

6. Movimento (France)) (Now part of Veolia)
   

7. neXtbike GmbH (Germany)
   

8. OYBike Systems (Great Britain) (Now a Veolia partner)
   

9. Qi CycleStation (Canada, USA)
   

10. Veolia Veloway (France)
    

11. Vipre Homeport (United Kingdom)
    

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