http://www.sitebits.com/news/ Bertrand Delanoë: News and Reviews en Copyright &copy; 1999-2009 Gromco, Inc. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:32:56 EST Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:00:00 EDT info@sitebits.com info@sitebits.com As we have previously mentioned on these pages, the city of Paris is readying a car equivalent of the hugely popular bike rental service, Vélib'. The new service, predictably named Autolib', will allow renting small 4-seat electric cars for short trips in the city and environs. The vehicles can be dropped off at the most convenient docking station (not necessarily where they were picked up). Pricing is by the minute (a 20-minute minimum), with the rate beyond one hour increasing to encourage customers to take shorter trips. Slavito http://www.sitebits.com/2011/autolib-coming-18352451.html Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:00:00 EDT The moment has finally come! After many months in the making, the much-talked-about Montreal public bike rental system, Bixi, has launched. Over the past few weeks the city has installed a number of automated bike rental stations and launched a web site allowing users to see availabilities in real time (both the number of available bikes and available docking slots). <br><br> Although the system is geared mainly towards residents of the city, tourists can take advantage of it as well, with monthly and even daily tariffs available. Gromco http://www.sitebits.com/2009/bixi-launched-84405046.html Wed, 20 May 2009 19:00:00 EDT After more than two years of reconstruction, a former funeral parlor in the 19th arrondissement of Paris reopened in its new incarnation as the city's newest modern arts center christened "104" (Centquatre)... <br><br> Co-directed by Robert Cantarella and Frédéric Fisbach, the center, at 104 rue d'Aubervilliers was green-lighted by Paris mayor <a href="http://www.sitebits.com/people/bertrand_delanoe.html">Bertrand Delanoë</a> in 2005. More than two years and 100M euros later, Centquatre opened to the public in October. Gromco http://www.sitebits.com/2008/104_new_modern_art_center-1295730.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:20:00 EST