Whip and Stir

Due to the increasing price of gasoline, the government officials have thought of a way on how to help its people and the tourists on how to roam Paris.


This July, Paris launched Vélib'. 20,000 red-painted bikes will be displayed onto the city streets for locals and tourists alike to peddle around to their heart's content.

The riders must insert a credit card into a special bike rack in order to release one of the bikes. If it is never returned, the user is charged €150. If the bike is placed back into another special rack anywhere in the city within half an hour, there is no charge. Every hour after that costs €1.

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