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Easy-to-use bike rental scheme planned for Toronto

April 28, 2009

Toronto may become the latest city to operate a fleet of stylish and convenient rental bicycles.

he city is looking at buying a fleet of 3,000 bikes and launching a pay-as-you-go public bicycle system next spring.

The system would allow users to pick up a bike at one location and drop it off at another, using self-serve kiosks across the city.

A credit card would be used to unlock a bike and the customer would be charged by the hour.

Similar systems are already in place in cities like Montreal, Paris and Berlin.

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