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How might we restore vibrancy in cities and regions facing economic decline?

Inspiration 894 inspirations

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Mission #1

Explore Vibrancy

Share your definition of what vibrancy looks like where you live. Find out more...

Mission #2

Share Stories

Tell us about the cities and communities you know are currently struggling or in the process of revitalising.

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Get Active

Take some time to get active and explore your own community – then report back what you learned. Find out more...

Mission #4

Collect Insights

Interview someone living in a struggling city or region to learn more. Find out more...

Mission #5

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Got an Inspiration that doesn't fit the other Missions? Find out more...

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Create a Bike Sharing System

Provide opportunities to develop bike sharing system like the B-cycle company. Create a bike-sharing program that meets the transportation, health, and environmental needs of our communities.

Biking sharing has many benefits and can provide people a more personal way to interact with one another and become more intimately personal with the community they live in. Having various and convenient locations throughout a community can also help reduce people's reliance on cars, which create congestion and pollution.

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Ken Endo

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December 04, 2011, 06:59PM

I saw this kind of services in Boston, Montreal etc. and they are actually quite useful as we can give them back to different stations. Great for visiters as well as residents. so eco as well.

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Jenny Jin

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November 21, 2011, 07:13PM

I agree! Cars isolate people from their environments and their communities. Biking allows people to see each other, to see and stop to explore places. I've found this to be true in cities in China like Beijing, Hangzhou, where with wide bike lanes, people have preserved a biking culture that slows down their pace of life but makes them more in tune with their cities.

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Carolyn Chmielewski

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November 20, 2011, 11:25PM

I agree! Using the Paris Velib' bike-sharing system has definitely been a positive influence on my experience in Paris. I feel like I'm helping the environment and my own personal health at the same time. Plus I get to be up on the streets of the city rather than underground!

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Arjan Tupan

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November 19, 2011, 11:44AM

Spot on, Annie. Great to see this also spreading more and more to the US. Programs like this have been mentioned in other inspirations as well. I really like the bike programs, and the events like the ciclovias in Columbia.

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