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rental bikes in Toronto

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2011.06.17

This Spring, rental bikes appeared on the streets.

short-term rental bikes in Toronto
short-term rental bikes in Toronto

I'd assumed that they were for tourists, and it was a welcome sight to see visitors to the city toodling about happily. But residents can also pay for a yearly subscription that lets you pick up a bike from any location and deposit it elsewhere. Needless to say, the commuters have figured out how to use this to get on a bike at Union station and cut their trip to work.

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If you are going to tell people the truth, you have to make them laugh, or they'll kill you.

—Oscar Wilde