RFID protects publicly shared bikes
16 June, 2008
category: RFID
Swipe your RFID-enabled ID card and jet away on the three-speed bicycle. That’s the idea behind Vélib, according to a story in this week’s issue of Time magazine.
Pay $40 a year and have access to the bikes at stations across the city. Vélib is based in Paris, but is coming to the U.S. Washington is launching a program this summer. Other cities are looking at the programs as well, including Boulder, Colo.; Charlottesville, Va.; and Gainesville, Fla.
Read the full story here.