NYC Bike Sharing

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Less than one percent of New Yorkers commute by bike. Leonard talks to David Haskell, executive director of The Forum for Urban Design, about the results of a recent bike-sharing experiment in NYC, in which anyone could borrow a bike for 30 minutes and return at destinations in Washington Square or Tompkin's Square Parks.

Slideshow: Paris bike sharing

Thanks to listener Ken Coughlin for sending us photos of Paris's bike share system

Weigh in: Do you bike to work here in New York and the metropolitan area? If so, where are the most dangerous places or intersections for bicyclists?

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