Friday, August 21, 2009
News Help Bloomberg Name New York's New Bike-Share System
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Of course, saying something is a good fit and actually making it fit are two very different things, and this by no means suggests that New York will actually get a bike-share program. Still, assuming the Bloomberg monarchy lives to implement this vague campaign promise, what should the bike-share program be called? The system in Montreal, Boston and London is called Bixi (pictured), Paris has Vélib’ and other cities have things called CityByke, B-cycle, Smoove, Vélomagg' and Vélopop'. Besides, if we give it a cute name, how could Bloomberg possibly cancel it? I propose Nyxi. Anyone got something better?
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This smacks of shallow campaignery; if Bloomberg really wanted to promote a bicycle culture, he might do something simple, like, say, encourage the DOT to give a damn about the people who double park in bike lanes, rendering them effectively useless all across the city. (Next he can move on to psychopaths who fling open driver's side doors without looking.)
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