{"id":1913,"date":"2009-10-10T23:54:05","date_gmt":"2009-10-10T13:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=1913"},"modified":"2009-10-10T23:54:05","modified_gmt":"2009-10-10T13:54:05","slug":"rome-travel-getting-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/italy\/rome-travel-getting-around","title":{"rendered":"Pedal Power in the Eternal City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>It may have taken two attempts to get it started, but Rome now has a <strong>bike-sharing scheme<\/strong> that seems to be working.<\/p>\n<p>At 19 key points in the <strong>Eternal City<\/strong>, you&#8217;ll see bicycle stands with rows of smart-looking green bicycles.\u00a0 <strong>ATAC Roma<\/strong>, the government transit authority that runs the buses and Metro, now runs this service.\u00a0 Tourists, as well as locals, are eligible to rent these bikes, adding to Rome&#8217;s <strong>transport options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re good with bikes, this is a cheap and environmental way to cruise around the city.\u00a0 Hopefully the Rome bike-sharing scheme will be as successful as the one in Paris and other European cities.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Italy\/getting-around\/bike-sharing-in-rome\" target=\"_self\">Rome bike-sharing HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may have taken two attempts to get it started, but Rome now has a bike-sharing scheme that seems to be working. 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