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The French love their bicycles. But many of them think twice about traveling the streets of Paris by bike, given the heavy automobile traffic in the city. Now that may change.
Vélib machine with rental bike: Customers use their chip card to liberate a vélo, which they can return to any other station.
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Paris claims about 2,100 Vélib bicycles will be available around the city by the end of 2007.
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This Paris street looks quiet, but heavy automobile traffic makes bicycle travel a problem in much of the city.
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