Thursday, January 10, 2008
AlterNet: Environment: Are U.S. Cities Ready For Bike-Sharing?
AlterNet: Environment: Are U.S. Cities Ready For Bike-Sharing?
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Copenhagen's then-new bike-sharing service. One glimpse and DeMaio was hooked. "The idea just blew me away," he says. "This was it."
DeMaio arranged to study in Denmark, where he absorbed as much about bike-sharing culture as possible. Convinced that the idea would appeal to Americans, he created MetroBike LLC, a bicycle planning and bike-sharing consulting company based in Washington D.C
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