Comments on: Bike Vending Machine http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/bike-vending-machine.html Good Ideas Report Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:28:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Abraham Linkon « Gerry Hanratty http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/bike-vending-machine.html/comment-page-1#comment-6839 Abraham Linkon « Gerry Hanratty Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:59:48 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/bike-vending-machine.html#comment-6839 [...] Bike Vending machine  [...] [...] Bike Vending machine  [...]

]]> By: James http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/bike-vending-machine.html/comment-page-1#comment-6809 James Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:33:16 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/bike-vending-machine.html#comment-6809 I think they already have a similar system like this operational in Germany. I was in Stuttgart this summer and they had a system like this although I think you had to call in and use your credit card for the bile to be unlocked / or to get a code Call a Bike, a (relatively new) service from Deutsche Bahn (the German railway company) that's available in Berlin, Frankfurt, and Munich. They leave bikes locked up around the city and when you want to rent one you just call the number affixed to the bike with your cellphone, enter your credit card number, and they give you a number that unlocks the bike. You can use the bike for as long as you like, at a cost of 6 cents per minute (euro cents, that is), up to a maximum of 15 euros per day. When you're done with it you just lock up the bike at the nearest major crossing and get another code that you call in with to confirm that you've finished. I think they already have a similar system like this operational in Germany. I was in Stuttgart this summer and they had a system like this although I think you had to call in and use your credit card for the bile to be unlocked / or to get a code

Call a Bike, a (relatively new) service from Deutsche Bahn (the German railway company) that’s available in Berlin, Frankfurt, and Munich. They leave bikes locked up around the city and when you want to rent one you just call the number affixed to the bike with your cellphone, enter your credit card number, and they give you a number that unlocks the bike. You can use the bike for as long as you like, at a cost of 6 cents per minute (euro cents, that is), up to a maximum of 15 euros per day. When you’re done with it you just lock up the bike at the nearest major crossing and get another code that you call in with to confirm that you’ve finished.

]]> By: James http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/bike-vending-machine.html/comment-page-1#comment-6808 James Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:31:48 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2007/08/bike-vending-machine.html#comment-6808 I think they already have a similar system like this operational in Germany. I was in Stuttgart this summer and they had a system like this although I think you had to call in and use your credit card for the bile to be unlocked / or to get a code I think they already have a similar system like this operational in Germany. I was in Stuttgart this summer and they had a system like this although I think you had to call in and use your credit card for the bile to be unlocked / or to get a code

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