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Velib by night, for all my friends

Photography Atmosphere/Mood posted on Jan 05, 2009
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Velib (shortening of velo and liberte, bicycle and freedom in French) is a system of public bicycle rental at will in Paris. This service organized by the Paris township during summer 2007 made since its beginning more than 10,000 bicycles available on 750 places of the French capital. It met with a huge success because 26 million occurrences of rents were numbered, and in less than one year people took 200,000 subscriptions. In France, other towns (Rennes, La Rochelle, Rochefort, Lyon, Villeurbanne, Aix-en-Provence…) offered bicycles for rent to the public. In other European countries, Bruxelles, Wien, Barcelona… did the same. Riding a bicycle in town is a possible alternative to the use of individual cars. All comments welcome. Click on the image to enjoy it better. Happy New Year to everybody!

Velib (contraction de vélo et liberté) est un système de vélo en libre service à Paris. Mis en place par la Mairie de Paris lors de l’été 2007, il proposait d’emblée plus de 10.000 vélos, disponibles dans 750 lieux différents de la capitale. Le succès du Velib a été considérable, car 26 millions de locations ont été réalisées, et 200.000 personnes se sont abonnées en moins d’un an. En France, d’autres communes (Rennes, La Rochelle, Rochefort, Lyon, Villeurbanne, Aix-en-Provence…) ont aussi mis des vélos à la disposition du public. Dans d’autres pays européens, Bruxelles, Wien, Barcelona… ont réalisé des opérations analogues. Le vélo en ville, voilà une des alternatives possibles à l’utilisation de la voiture individuelle.

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Techdata: Nikon D50 with AF-Nikkor 3.5-4.5/18-70 ED at F=18mm, DX format (equiv. 24x36 format 27mm), 1/3s at f/4.5 on tripod, 800 ISO, aperture-priority automatic. Slight cropping and removal of an unwilled panel with the Clone Stamp Tool in Photoshop CS3 Extended.

Comments (37)


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carlx

2:04PM | Thu, 22 January 2009

Excellent find and capture!!!

picantilla

3:45AM | Fri, 23 January 2009

nice!!

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amota99517

11:08PM | Fri, 23 January 2009

This is such a great shot!!!

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sandra46

5:07PM | Tue, 24 February 2009

Great shot, beutiful light.

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moochagoo

12:01PM | Mon, 02 March 2009

Plus de 12000 bicyclettes détruites depuis le début...Je ne sais pas s'ils pourront tenir :)

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katy555

8:01AM | Tue, 14 April 2009

Fantastic picture and beautiful light...

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netlauv

5:48AM | Tue, 05 May 2009

Très belle initiative cette promotion du velo à Paris. Et on pédale... plus vite siou plé ;0) Très bonne photo ;0)

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