ok.. omg...

Something in Toronto to do with bikes that is actually worth getting involved with!



http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/04/27/rental-bicycles.html

http://www.ibiketo.ca/blog/2009/04/23/bikesharing-coming-soon

Yes.

They seem to have carefully studied other systems such as Paris' Velib and Montreal's Bixi. There will be "secure, automated self-serve parking stations" that can be easily moved. Members will use smart cards to get bikes, which they can take out for free for the first half hour. After that members pay. The bikes will be sturdy, with racks, at least three gears, and locked up at the stations located every 200 to 300m in the urban area bounded by Parkside, Broadview, Dupont and Lake Ontario. There will not be any advertising in the "public right of way". After the first year the system may be expanded to other parts of the city.