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李武军 发表于 2011-6-18 08:13

Get On Your Bike 大家都来骑自行车

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[color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px][p=21, 2, left]London has become a [b]cycle friendly zone[/b] after the launch of a new bike hire scheme.[/p][p=21, 2, left]It has been designed to[b]encourage[/b] more people to cycle in and around central London.[/p][p=21, 2, left]So how does it work? First you have to [b]sign up[/b] to the [b]scheme[/b] to be sent a key. The key will unlock one of the bikes, which are kept at [b]docking stations[/b] in and around central London. You have to pay an [b]access fee[/b] for the key and then you [b]pay as you go[/b], for the length of time you use the bike.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Transport for London, which runs the scheme, are hoping to have 6,000 bikes and 400 docking stations in place by the end of the year.[/p][p=21, 2, left]The new hire system is hoping to ease [b]congestion[/b] in London and is expected to [b]generate up to[/b] 40,000 extra cycle trips a day into the city centre.[/p][float=right][img=226,170]http://www.24en.com/d/file/bbc/bbc2/2010-08-05/f862fccf5416f9b7902e465bd9211967.jpg[/img][p=30, 2, left]London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the scheme[/p][/float]

[p=21, 2, left]London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the scheme and said London had been "filled with thousands of [b]gleaming [/b]machines that will [b]transform[/b] the look and feel of our streets and become as[b]commonplace [/b]on our roads as black cabs and red buses".[/p][p=21, 2, left]However, there have been a few[b]glitches[/b] since the scheme was launched last Friday. On the first day some people found they couldn't dock their bike properly and their usage of the bike had not [b]registered[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]Transport for London did admit they had been expecting a few "[b]teething problems[/b]" and have said they would [b]waive[/b] the charges for the first day as a "[b]gesture of goodwill[/b]".[/p][p=21, 2, left]Some other people have criticised the lack of docking stations and locks for the bikes as well as the price it costs to hire the bicycles.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Despite the comments, the [b]green-thinking[/b] London Mayor still seems very positive about things, saying, "My [b]crusade[/b] for the capital to become the greatest big cycling city in the world has taken a gigantic [b]pedal-powered[/b]push forwards."[/p][/size][/font][/color]

tingroom 发表于 2011-6-18 09:27

there are lots of bikes provided to common people by goverment in my city.

李武军 发表于 2011-6-18 10:54

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   is it free???? that's good~

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