{"id":276,"date":"2018-11-09T20:06:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T20:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=276"},"modified":"2018-11-09T20:08:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T20:08:13","slug":"276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/?p=276","title":{"rendered":"Paris launches world&#8217;s biggest e-bike fleet to curb pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Paris and its suburbs may soon have access to up to 20,000 electric bicycles. Public transit company Ile-de-France Mobilit\u00e9s (IDFM) is launching an\u00a0e-bike\u00a0renting scheme called\u00a0V\u00e9ligo\u00a0with 10,000 e-bikes to start with. If that works out, IDFM will expand to 20,000, which would make it the world&#8217;s largest electric bike rental system.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-277\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-277\" src=\"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike.jpeg 1600w, http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike-100x67.jpeg 100w, http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike-150x100.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike-200x133.jpeg 200w, http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike-450x300.jpeg 450w, http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike-600x400.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/selfpropelledcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/parisEbike-900x600.jpeg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new &#8220;Velib Metropole&#8221; bicycle, which is a bike-sharing program by the Smovengo consortium is seen during a media presentation in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. (AP Photo\/Kamil Zihnioglu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"js-notMobileReferredByFbTw\">\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>The aim is to reduce car use and, by extension, pollution in the French capital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2018\/11\/09\/paris-veligo-electric-bike-rental-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Paris and its suburbs may soon have access to up to 20,000 electric bicycles. Public transit company Ile-de-France Mobilit\u00e9s (IDFM) is launching an\u00a0e-bike\u00a0renting scheme called\u00a0V\u00e9ligo\u00a0with 10,000 e-bikes to start with. 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