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MetroMPG · 05-16-2009, 12:24 AM

I believe you can still use the bike for free for up to half an hour, but you have to put down collateral first: swipe a credit card before the bike will unlock for you.

That seems more sustainable than the "yellow bike" type programs where they were simply there for the taking. (And they were taken.)

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