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Bike-sharing nonsense: When Metrorail Strikes!

Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Cassandra in Technology

This innovative concept of urban bike sharing from the US, is one of the newest attempts at trying to cut down on carbon emmisions. With the environment being an important topic lately, these guys could be onto something very big out West, but for a place like Cape Town the ideas is almost comical. 

First of all, GPS or not, you might as well put a poster on the unit saying FREE BIKES! Sure something like this might work in and around the winding coastal streets of the Peninsula from Muizenberg to Simonstown, but unfortunately we think most Capetonians and tourists would find it JUST a wee bit uncomfortable being blown over by a powerful South Easter, or popping a lung as they ride their two-speed basket up ‘Suikerbossie’.
Plus, we don’t see the average Joe / Jane taking the risk of being flattened by a taxi just to lower their carbon footprint by opting for a two-wheeler over their four-wheeled Ford Cortina on a trip to the local.

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