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Bike Sharing, the Next Generation - It Floats, It Flashes, It Practically Follows You

April Streeter, 16 December 2009, Sweden : TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes)
What does it take to design an urban bike sharing system for a city like Copenhagen, where the bikes outnumber the inner-city residents? That's the question TreeHugger asked Michael Koucky, who along with LOTS and Green idea Factory of Berlin designed OPENbike, one of the two winning entries in Copenhagen's recent competition to come up with a bike share to be put in place by 2013. In Copenhagen's case, Koucky said, the bike system needs to take full advantage of existing technology such as GPS and RFID, the bikes themselves must be strong and eye-pleasing, and as important, they must offer residents and visitors alike something they might not yet have: cargo capability. Read on for more winning entries and Koucky's take on bike sharing's future.
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