{"id":497,"date":"2008-01-17T23:39:43","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T04:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=497"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:54:41","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:54:41","slug":"497","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/01\/17\/497\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Dallaire will design the new bike sharing system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stoppinglight\/1018048806\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1138\/1018048806_05a377c34a.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later this year, Montreal will enjoy the beginnings of a new bike sharing program modeled on Paris&#8217; hugely popular <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Velib\">Velib<\/a>. As <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=144\">we mentioned last fall<\/a>, the system will eventually include 2,400 bicycles parked at 300 stations across town.<\/p>\n<p>Now it seems that we will not only be able to borrow bikes for a small cost, we&#8217;ll be doing so in style. This week, Montreal&#8217;s parking authority, which will run the program, announced that <a href=\"http:\/\/kollectif.net\/2008\/01\/16\/un-velib-signe-michel-dallaire\/\">industrial designer Michel Dallaire<\/a> will design the bikes and docking stations. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativitemontreal.com\/articles\/news\/archive\/2008\/01\/15\/article-25067.aspx\">Cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 Montr\u00e9al has more<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>\u00c0 la suite d&#8217;un appel aux designers industriels lanc\u00e9 par Stationnement Montr\u00e9al, la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 en commandite responsable du projet, Michel Dallaire a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9sign\u00e9 comme le plus apte \u00e0 accomplir le travail, mais surtout le plus exp\u00e9riment\u00e9 dans le domaine du mobilier urbain. Son mandat comprend non seulement la conception des stations d&#8217;ancrage des v\u00e9los, mais aussi celle des bicyclettes elles-m\u00eames, qui doivent convenir \u00e0 toutes les morphologies. Le designer s&#8217;associe donc au fabricant qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois Devinci.<\/p>\n<p>Le v\u00e9lo en libre-service existe dans plusieurs villes europ\u00e9ennes (Barcelone, Lyon). Celui de Paris a beaucoup fait parler de lui cet \u00e9t\u00e9. Autant de r\u00e9alisations qui permettent aux Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de profiter de ces exp\u00e9riences, d&#8217;en savoir plus sur les erreurs \u00e0 ne pas commettre, mais aussi de trouver des id\u00e9es cr\u00e9atives afin de se d\u00e9marquer par un style et une technologie qui r\u00e9pondent aux besoins sp\u00e9cifiques du territoire montr\u00e9alais.  <\/p>\n<p>Le v\u00e9lo de Montr\u00e9al, aura un style plus contemporain que celui de Paris, affirme Michel Dallaire (le parisien a des rondeurs, une lumi\u00e8re-avant et une couleur un peu r\u00e9tro). &#8220;Et il sera certainement plus l\u00e9ger!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Il sera donc fabriqu\u00e9 en aluminium, utilisant le moins de soudure possible. Le cadre doit convenir \u00e0 tous, hommes et femmes, grands et petits, ce qui oblige \u00e0 des compromis ergonomiques. Les v\u00e9los seront fabriqu\u00e9s au Saguenay (du moins, la premi\u00e8re s\u00e9rie). Seule la quincaillerie est import\u00e9e. Contrairement aux syst\u00e8mes europ\u00e9ens, les bornes et ports d&#8217;ancrage devront \u00eatre enlev\u00e9s l&#8217;hiver. Ils occuperont dans les rues des places de stationnement.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dallaire is really leaving his mark on the city: last fall, he was <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=384\">commissioned to design new street furniture<\/a> for the downtown area. If the benches, lampposts, bike racks and garbage cans he designed for the Quartier international are any indication, we&#8217;ll be treated with a bike sharing system that is sleek, simple and beautifully functional.<\/p>\n<p><i>Velib photo by RuiPereira<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Later this year, Montreal will enjoy the beginnings of a new bike sharing program modeled on Paris&#8217; hugely popular Velib. As we mentioned last fall, the system will eventually include 2,400 bicycles parked at 300 stations across town. 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