Rental Bicycles in Barcelona HD

Free video about rental bicycles. This free video was created for you by http://epsos.de and can be used for free under the creative commons license with the attribution of epSos.de as the original author of this rental bicycles video. Thank you for supporting the creative commons movement !! The Bicing is a public service of rental bicycles in the city of Barcelona that was introduced in March 2007, sponsored by the City and managed by the company Clear Channel. Users pay an annual fee and receive a card. With this card you can use one of the 6000 bike at any of the 464 stations throughout the city and have 30 minutes to make your itinerary and leave the bike at another station at no extra charge. After the first 30 minutes, 51 cents is charged euro + VAT for each additional half hour up to 2 hours, after which penalizes the user to 3.05 euros / hour + VAT. If it exceeds 24 hours from the time of withdrawal of the rental bicycle will be charged to the credit card associated with the account Bicing a fine of 150 euros. The Bicing service is 24 hours from Monday to Sunday, except that from Sunday to Thursday between 02:00 and 05:00 is only possible to return rental bicycles. It is noteworthy that each rental bicycle parking, the user must wait 10 minutes to reuse the service (this measure was imposed on the City of Barcelona by rental bicycle rental companies, to avoid the recreational use of bikes by residents and / or visitors, and once the service was three months in operation). Which is bad and not cool. The rental bicycles are numbered and have a distinctive design to prevent theft. They are white and red, have three gears and front and rear lights that turn on automatically, thanks to a photoelectric sensor, night. In the handlebars they have a metal structure, which allows the user to carry a small luggage, holding it with the help of a rubber band. Until the end of July 2007, 96 stations were opened in the districts of Ciutat Vella, Eixample and some parts of the districts of San Martin and Gracia, with 1,500 rental bicycles. In May 2008, more than 3,000 rental bicycles was reached and 321 stations and in June 2008, the service had 384 stations and 6,000 rental bicycles. These stations are usually located near subway stops or bus, since one of the objectives of the service is to reduce the time between transfers and short trips. The system has been widely accepted in the city where in less than three months since its inception more than 50,000 people already had a card. In early July 2007 and had approximately 84,000 users. 3 However, the exorbitant increase of users has slowed since, as of July 2007, the annual price increased from 6 € to 24 €. In February 2008, 100,000 subscribers already exceeded the end of March, opening the Bicing to new quarters of the city, grew the number of users according to the council to 125,000, which already have 400 stations (August 2008). In June 2008, 151 479 users were available for 384 stations, w