{"id":665,"date":"2009-09-22T21:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=665"},"modified":"2012-06-05T21:54:26","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T19:54:26","slug":"citybike-wien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2009\/09\/22\/citybike-wien\/","title":{"rendered":"Citybike Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <div class=\"hoch_li alignleft single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2009\/09\/22\/citybike-wien\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img192x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/wien\/thumb\/52.jpg\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Citybike Vienna\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>In Vienna, using the bike for everyday transportation is still not as common as it could be. In order to improve that, there is still a lot to do, but some steps have already been taken. One of them was the introduction of the <a class=\"www\" href=\"http:\/\/www.citybikewien.at\/\">Citybikes<\/a> back in 2003.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>All over (the inner districts of) Vienna, there are about 60 rental stations of Citybike. At each of these stations, a bike may be rented, and returned later at any of these stations. For this, only a one-time registration (for just 1,&#8211;&nbsp;Euro) is needed. After this registration, each rental is free for the first hour. In my opinion, this is an excellent system for promoting inner-city transportation by bike.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"quer_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/wien\/index_77.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img256x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/wien\/thumb\/53.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Citybike Vienna\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Citybike Vienna\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>Of course, you must not expect the latest models. However, the bikes are very tough, and therefore (despite heavy, and possibly not always gently use) mostly in a surprisingly good shape. Still, as only the newest generation is equipped with a gear shift, you have be prepared to pedal quickly if you want to drive a bit faster than usual.    <\/p>\n<p>I am lucky to work and live quite close to rental stations. So, for me, it is possible to bike home every day after work. For most of the way, I am even able to ride on bike lanes. Better still, I can enjoy the <span xml:lang=\"fr\" lang=\"fr\">grandeur<\/span> of the Viennese <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Ringstra&szlig;e<\/span> with all its impressive buildings (like the parliament, the city hall, Hofburg, <abbr title=\"et cetera\">etc.<\/abbr>), as my best way home leads directly past there. <\/p>\n<div class=\"center\">\n  <div class=\"quer wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"quer_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/wien\/index_11.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img256x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/wien\/thumb\/05.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Imperial Palace (Hofburg)\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Imperial Palace (Hofburg)\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"quer_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/wien\/index_19.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img256x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/wien\/thumb\/07.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Museum of Natural History\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Museum of Natural History\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>Moreover, thanks to the rental system, I can still take the subway in the morning (when it is still quite cold, especially now in fall). Furthermore, I do not have to worry about theft (as I do not expect anyone to suddenly grab my bike while I am actually riding it). All in all: a great system!<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Vienna, using the bike for everyday transportation is still not as common as it could be. In order to improve that, there is still a lot to do, but some steps have already been taken. One of them was the introduction of the Citybikes back in 2003.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vienna","tag-biking","country-at"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}