A public health dilemma: Urban bicycle-sharing schemes
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A public health dilemma: urban bicycle-sharing schemes.
In 2008, a pioneering, Canadian company, Bixi, launched an urban bicycle-sharing program. With six years of award-winning success, Bixi’s bicycles rode to the rescue of commuters, the environmentally-friendly and the health-conscious in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Despite the acclaim, the company’s success came to an untimely end in February 2014 when it filed for bankruptcy. The city of Toro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Public Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0008-4263,1920-7476
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.105.4525