Paris' Vélib Bike Sharing Celebrates Four Years, Raises Prices
If you’ve been to Paris in the last few years, you’ve probably seen all those Vélib bicycles ready for tourists and locals alike to take them for a spin. We’ve even had the pleasure of pedaling one with a baguette in our basket, so it’s with great pleasure that we wish them well on their fourth anniversary this summer.
However, it’s pricey to keep all those seats nice and cushy, and it looks like the bike sharing program is going to cost everyone a few more euros and cents. Starting at the beginning of May—that’s like this week—prices will rise by around 70 cents. Now one-day tickets will set you back €1.70, where things were previously just €1—that’s roughly $2.50 for those of us that have credit cards based in the nifty fifty.
If you’re heading to Paris for the week—and we hope to be so lucky this year—the weeklong tickets are going up as well. Things were just €5, but now they will be €8 which is just shy of $12. Still, it’s hardly a bad deal, especially since you’ll need some excerise to burn off all the pain au chocolat and macarons. There’s also now the ability to pay for a one-day ride in advance online, which means that even without a fancy foreign credit card, you should be able to hop aboard a two-wheeler.
It sounds like ridership has been down a little bit, so maybe that’s why they need to up the fees. We guess we’ll take one for the team and head over to Paris sooner than later just to give the bikes a little boost—we love giving back to those in need.
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