Ideas that spread worldwide

A hit in Paris, their bike-rental scheme is ready to be rolled out worldwide:

From Time Mag

Bicycles have become a mainstream — and very green — form of public transportation in the French capital. "They're highly ecological. They give out no emissions and you propel them with your own energy," notes Jean-Charles Decaux, co-chief executive of JCDecaux, the family-controlled outdoor advertising company that founded Vélib'.

Vélib is an enterprise that promoted this innovative bike-rental scheme in Paris.