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Bixi Bicycles Booming in Montreal

Posted on July 03, 2009

There are lots of things to like about Montreal - the nightlife, restaurants, cafes, parks, shopping, et al - but the thing that has really impressed me over the past week has been a system called Bixi that lets people use bicycles when needed.There are stations scattered throughout downtown Montreal where you can pick up a bicycle, travel to where you want to go, and then park it at another station. The system, which can be accessed and monitored online (that s the technology angle here!) can tell where you pick and drop off a bicycle, along with how many kilometers it s been used. Since ...

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