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In Full Gear: London’s bikesharing program has more than 146,000 subscribers. b No one wants to arrive at a corner café with helmet hair. These options will help you arrive looking stylish. ike sharing was once a quaint idea, the domain of small towns and seaside villages, where tourists and locals used colorful bikes to get around town, and no one worried about thieves. Then in 2007, Paris debuted its Vélib system—a slick, largescale public bicycle-sharing system, complete with over 20,000 groovy gray cycles and more than 1,200 stations conveniently located in high-trafﬁc areas and near public transit hubs. Users could sign up with a credit or debit card to buy one-day (US$2.25), one-week (US$10.50) or annual (US$38) subscriptions, which cover unlimited half-hour trips (longer trips incur an additional charge). Although Copenhagen began offering its white citybikes in 1995, it was the Paris program that inspired the rest of the world with its approach to bike sharing—suddenly it wasn’t just a nice idea, but a viable part of the larger public transit system. Now, there are more than 300 bike-sharing programs around the world, with Hangzhou, China boasting the largest, with 50,000 bikes. New York City is currently preparing both the streets and its residents for a new bike-sharing program. Set to debut in summer 2012, the N.Y.C. program will start with 10,000 bikes and eventually rival the size of Hangzhou’s program and provide easy links between neighborhoods and subway lines. Elsewhere in the United States, bike-sharing programs are thriving in Madison, Wisc., Denver, Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., with programs planned for San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago. BIKE HAPPY Today Europe boasts a bike-sharing program in nearly every major city. Mexico City launched its Ecobici program in 2010, and a 10-city bike-sharing pilot was announced in India in early 2012. The India program promises to address an issue that has been plaguing public transit users for years. “People coming out of railway stations ﬁnd these bikes to be an easy and faster transport option,” explains Raj Janagam, founder of Cycle Chalao!, which is working with India’s transport ministry on the pilots. Janagam initially tested bike sharing outside busy transit stations in Mumbai. “Otherwise, Ride in Style There are plenty of steel and aluminum bottles out there, but only one that replaces the typical plastic top with one made of sustainable bamboo. Bring the Reﬂect on your next trip, and ﬁll up as you travel and while you’re cycling. US$32.95, kleankanteen.com KLEAN KANTEEN REFLECT BOTTLE They feature articulated knees, a lower front and a slight rise in the back, reﬂective rear belt loops and a reﬂective strip that is revealed when you roll up the cuﬀ, and back pockets that ﬁt a mini U-lock. US$100, swrve.us SWRVE CORDURA JEANS YAKKAY “SMART TWO” HELMET A helmet that makes safety seem cool, the Smart Two comes in a variety of styles. No one will ever know that the super-cute newsboy hat or fedora you’re sporting is actually protecting your noggin. US$124, yakkay.com J WM MAGAZINE 70 J W M A R R I O T T. C O M http://www.kleankanteen.com http://www.swrve.us http://www.yakkay.com http://www.JWMARRIOTT.COM

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JWM - Volume 2, Issue 3

JWM - Volume 2, Issue 3
Table of Contents
Contributors
JW Experts
Editor’s Letter
Distinctive Products, People, Ideas & Style
A Quiet Place
Dive Into Transcendental Meditation; Road Warrior Secrets
A Fish Tale; Beyond Sake
Photography 101; Sharp Shooters
The Portal
The Warmth of the Sun
Storied Cocktails
Pedal Pushers
Mixed Media
JW Experience
My Passion

JWM - Volume 2, Issue 3