Friday, May 30, 2008

City Bikes Wien

Bicycles are a very popular form of transpiration especially with rocketing fuel prices and congestion problems; bike will get you from A to B quicker than anything else in the city. They have many advantages over cars. Environmentally friendly (no exhaust fumes, no noise) they are a good way of keeping fit as well. They require little space so traffic jams are never a problem. No need to look out for parking space either.
All this has made the City of Vienna decide to raise the share of bicycles in overall traffic to eight percent. A bicycle-friendly atmosphere is to help make bicycles an everyday means of transport. Bicycle path network was more than 1,050 kilometres long.

Bicycles are allowed on the underground from 9 am to 3 pm and after 6 pm on weekdays, and all day Saturday and Sunday. Half-price tickets at EUR 0.90 each are required for transportation.

There is also Bike for rent for tourist. Introduced in 2003 City Bikes Vienna, first hour is free but not the rest! There are 50 bike stations throughout the city, open 24 hours day, seven days a week.

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