Europe Euphoria

If you were in Lyon, France, you would see many people on the bikes. The Lyon rental bikes, with their distinctive silver frame, red rear-wheel guard, handlebar basket and bell have given a healthier, cleaner way of life to the people. Paris known for love, its fashion arcades, art also wants to emulate the same. On July 15, the day after Bastille Day, Parisians will wake up to discover thousands of low-cost rental bikes at hundreds of high-tech bicycle stations scattered throughout the city, an ambitious program to cut traffic, reduce pollution, improve parking and enhance the city’s image as a greener, quieter, more relaxed place. The administration hopes to make parries a city that loves bikes. However there remains another reason for this as well. A recent study analyzed different trips in the city with a car, bike, taxi and walking, and the bikes were always the fastest. Rates: In Paris, renting a bike will be free for the first 30 minutes, $1.30 for the next 30 minutes, $2.60 for the third half-hour, and $5.20 for the fourth half-hour of use and every 30 minutes after that. That makes the cost of a two-hour rental about $9.10. Memberships: From $1.30 for one day to about $38 for a year. The Paris deal will bring the world’s biggest bicycle fleet to the City of Light in a complex, 10-year public-private partnership. It will also benefit the people in more ways than any other mode of transport has.