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Originally Posted by genuinegirly
Ah, but you wouldn't need to keep it all day. You could borrow one to get from points A-> B, then put it back on the rack at point B. You could then do your business at point B, not pay for the time that you're at point B, then borrow a different one to travel from points B->C. If the distance between points A->B are traversed within a half hour, you've just made use of a free bike. The same goes for your route from points B->C.
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They have this system in Paris, but I'm still wondering if I need to bring it back to point A for my rental to be considered done.
Montpelier had a much better system. It was 1 euro for 4 hours and 2 euros for 8 hours.
I think this would work better with a stationary terminal for payment (like they have in Paris) Although they need to have it accept foreign credit cards...
And they need to work with the hotels, since the hotels could just add it to visitors bills, and they know that they will probably ride them back there at the end of the day. They can also have helmets for them to use. And the hotel staff can help you figure out how to rent them and have a few of the RFID cards that locals may need to wait to get in the mail.
Then again, you may find that 30 minutes is all you can take before you realize you value your life too much to ride in Paris or London with their traffic. And without a place to put a GPS device (or to have one built in), it would be really hard to know if you are going the right way. And then you have the problem of finding places to lock your bike up at your destinations.