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...Best Inventions of 2008 No disrespect to the Quebecois, but the Bixi bike system has been in place in Paris for more than a year [Nov. 10]. I'm sure Parisians would be miffed to find that a city - Montreal - that appropriated its language is now getting credit for a bike system, known in Paris as Vélib', that has already met with much acclaim across Europe. Jonah Peppiatt, Boston...
...does not secure the grant, it will apply again in nine to 12 months, he added. The Council also discussed efforts to implement a bicycle share program for the Boston region. Assistant City Manager Beth Rubenstein said that a regional program would be more feasible than the Cambridge-only bike sharing program that the Council had floated previously. “We’re more ambitious than that,” Rubenstein said. “We want people to envision biking from Cambridge to Bridgeport.” But Seidel said that he was concerned such a large...
...disrespect to the Québécois, but the Bixi bike system has been in place in Paris for more than a year [Nov. 10]. I'm sure Parisians would be miffed to find that a city - Montreal - that appropriated its language is now getting credit for a bike system, known in Paris as Vélib', that has already met with much acclaim across Europe. Jonah Peppiatt, BOSTON...
Christabel Lee was 12 years old and had just saved up $90 for a new bicycle when her wallet disappeared with all her cash in it. She asked her parents if they would buy the bike for her, but they refused. It's not that they couldn't afford to help. Lee's father is vice chairman of a major Hong Kong conglomerate; her family is rich. Lee, now 36 and the managing director of a printing company, remembers crying about the injustice of it all. But today, she recognizes that she gleaned a valuable lesson from the incident: money...
...disrespect to the québecois, but the Bixi public bike system has been in place in Paris for more than a year. I'm sure Parisians would be miffed to find that a city - Montreal - that appropriated their language is now getting credit for a bike system, known in Paris as Vélib', that has already met with acclaim across Europe. Jonah Peppiatt, Boston...