Boston Globe- As early as this summer, residents and visitors taking quick trips in Boston will be able to rent bicycles from dozens of sidewalk kiosks, under an agreement expected to be signed today that will create a bike-sharing network inspired by those in Paris and Washington. Boston officials said the system, to be called Hubway, will open in July with 600 bicycles and 61 stations in the city, though they envision growing in a few years to as many as 5,000 bikes at more than 300 kiosks, from Brookline to Somerville. At an afternoon ceremony with bicycling advocates, Mayor Thomas M. Menino is scheduled to sign a contract worth nearly $6 million with a company called Alta Bicycle Share to build and operate Hubway for three years. Alta is also behind a program that debuted last year in the Washington area and now boasts 1,100 cherry-red bicycles at 114 stations.
I guess this was inevitable, China's taking over everything else in the world, might as well overrun the City of Boston while they're at it. Pretty soon the financial district is going to look like the downtown Shanghai at 5pm. Just a swarm of bikes and rickshaws peddling about while the rest of us 21st century folks attempt to commute through the city like normal modern day people via cars, subway, and segway. Look at that picture above. Looks like legit hell on earth. Certainly doesn't look like the way a modern day city should handle its rush hour commute. Chalk this one up as another great Mayor Menino plan.
I legit don't get the point to this. Has anyone, anywhere, ever said anything nice about someone on a bike. Even fellow bike messengers and commuters I assume hate one another. There is just something so freaking obnoxious about the asshole on a bike that thinks he fits in with the rest of us who can afford cars. Like no, your 10 speed huffy shouldn't have the same right of way on the streets as my 300 horse power car. Now get the fuck out of the way before I "acidentally" rear end you in a fender bender.
