Thursday, 2 August 2007

Vive la velorution, says the Guardian

Vive la velorution

A new free bike scheme in Paris is a big success. But how long will it take Britain to follow suit?

Agnès Poirier
Thursday August 2, 2007
The Guardian

Le Tour is dead, long live le vélo! The French vélorution began the day after Bastille day, or day one of the vélib - short for vélo-liberté. With it, millions of Parisians have been able to forget the shame of the Tour de France and make the road theirs, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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