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Florence and Milan launch dockless bike-sharing schemes

23 August 2017

by Nick Michell

Milan and Florence have joined forces with bike-sharing company, Mobike, to launch ‘free floating’ bike-sharing schemes in each city.

Locals will be able to pick up and ride a bike around the city at any time by downloading the app, finding a nearby bike and scanning a QR code. To complete their ride, users can park the bike at any authorised bike parking area near their destination and manually close the lock on the bike.

“We first introduced the traditional bike-sharing system, with docking stations, into the city in 2008,” Valentino Sevino, Director, Agency for Mobility Environment and Territory, Milan, told Cities Today. “This service has made bicycles a real transport option in Milan,...

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