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Sobi: Bike Sharing That May Be Smarter Than Velib or Bixi

Lloyd Alter, 11 August 2010, Canada: TreeHugger - Cars & Transportation (bikes)
Sobi (Social Bicycle System) is a simpler system. CrunchGear explains that it is based on smart phone technology; instead of being attached to a fixed stand, it relies on GPS and mobile communications, and a big, secure lock that can attach to any bike rack, or any bike for that matter.
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