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Patrick Ollier, President of Grand Paris Métropole, Catherine Baratti-Elbaz, President of the Syndicat Autolib' Vélib' Métropole and Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris at the new Velib' Métropole presentation (from left to right). - Photo Michel de Chavanon

2nd Generation Vélib' Métropole Bicycles and E-Bikes Presented in...

PARIS, France - Yesterday the second generation of Paris' self-service bicycle rental system, the Vélib' Métropole was presented in the French...

Vélibs are very common in Paris’ streets. That’s to change in 2017-2018. – Photo Bike Europe

Paris Switches Vélib Operator from JCDecaux to Smoovengo

PARIS, France - The 20,000 Vélibs including the 1,800 docking stations in the French capital will be replaced in 2017-2018. The city of Paris awarded...

Public bikes are now used by more than 600 cities around the globe. – Photo Warsaw bike scheme

Study Published on Public Bicycle Users

ABINGDON, UK - Public Bicycle Sharing Systems are becoming increasingly common across the world's cities and towns - but who is making use of them? A...

Each minute 75 Vélib bicycles are rented in Paris. – Photo JCDecaux

New Milestone for JCDecaux's Vélib

PARIS, France - The Paris' bike sharing scheme Vélib has reached a new milestone. It passed the 300,000 long-term subscribers mark.

China has the biggest bike-sharing systems operating up to 90,000 bikes in one city. – Photo Bike Europe

Bike-Sharing Systems to Grow to Multi-Billion Business

MUNICH, Germany - It stood out at last June's Velo-city Conference & Exhibition; how many bike-sharing system operators there currently are. Since...

Vandalism and theft have always been a major headache for Vélib. - Photo Bike Europe

Vélib Vandalism; JCDecaux is Fed Up

PARIS, France - The much applauded Paris' bike-share system, Vélib is facing a serious setback due to rampant theft and vandalism. In 2012 alone...

While Velib’ was the game-changer, the demand for these systems is now stretching far beyond Europe.

Bike Sharing Approaching 250,000 Units

PARIS, France - The launch of the French Velib in 2007 gave a big push to public bike rental systems around the world. The sophisticated IT based...