{"id":7700,"date":"2010-07-30T23:55:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T04:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=7700"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:54:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:54:28","slug":"to-renew-or-not-to-renew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/30\/to-renew-or-not-to-renew\/","title":{"rendered":"To renew or not to renew"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sloan_g\/3685246617\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2662\/3685246617_46032a5163.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo cc Gareth Sloan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Je ne sais pas quoi faire. Renouveler ou ne pas renouveler mon abonnement BIXI.<\/p>\n<p>Et j\u2019ai jusqu\u2019au 31 juillet \u00e0 prendre une d\u00e9cision.<\/p>\n<p>Lors de l\u2019arriv\u00e9e du BIXI, je suis tomb\u00e9 amoureux. C\u2019\u00e9tait 2009. J&#8217;arrivai nagu\u00e8re \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al de Lyon o\u00f9 son V\u00e9lo\u2019v \u00e9tait ma vie. Durant cette \u00e9poque, il semblait que le BIXI ait corrig\u00e9 tous les d\u00e9fauts d\u2019autres syst\u00e8mes mondiaux de v\u00e9lo-partage<\/p>\n<p>La 1re ann\u00e9e, j\u2019\u00e9tais accro du BIXI<\/p>\n<p>La 2e ann\u00e9e, je suis devenu mesur\u00e9, mod\u00e9r\u00e9, ti\u00e8de. Je ne peux continuer \u00e0 excuser ses d\u00e9fauts :<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>L\u2019ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, j\u2019\u00e9tais un snob du Plateau ; je ne quittais jamais le territoire d\u00e9limit\u00e9 par Sherbrooke, Parc, Van Horne, et Papineau. Maintenant, je suis plus modeste, plus sage ; mes aventures m\u2019am\u00e8nent fr\u00e9quemment \u00e0 St-Henri, \u00e0 Parc-Extension, et \u00e0 NDG o\u00f9 il existe peu d&#8217;\u00e9quipements de BIXI. Peut-\u00eatre est-il vrai, ce que les d\u00e9tracteurs disent, que le BIXI n\u2019est qu\u2019un outil pour la bourgeoisie.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, je pouvais toujours trouver un v\u00e9lo ; ils se trouvaient partout. Maintenant, trop de personnes en profitent et parfois il me prend 45 minutes \u00e0 trouver un v\u00e9lo. La derni\u00e8re fois que j\u2019ai pu prendre un v\u00e9lo de la station BIXI pr\u00e8s de chez moi, j&#8217;ai &#8230; j&#8217;ai &#8230; \u00e7a m&#8217;est jamais arriv\u00e9. Encore pire : trouver une place libre pour d\u00e9poser un v\u00e9lo. Combien de matches de la Coupe Stanley et la Coupe mondiale ai-je failli manquer en cherchant un point d&#8217;ancrage libre ? Trop.<\/p>\n<p>N\u2019oubliez pas ses autres points suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Apparemment ma r\u00e9duction de gaz \u00e0 effet de serre \u00e9gale 366 km. J\u2019ai \u00e9conomis\u00e9 102 L d&#8217;essence. <em>But hold on <\/em>\u2013 la majorit\u00e9 de Bix\u00efens ne poss\u00e8de pas un char <em>anyway<\/em>. D\u2019ailleurs, la majorit\u00e9 des trajets, faits en moins de 30 minutes, sont assez courts que personne ne les parcourt en voiture.<\/p>\n<p>Puis, afin de maintenir un bon \u00e9quilibre de v\u00e9los partout dans la zone BIXI, il faut les transporter d\u2019une station \u00e0 une autre par camion. Ces \u00e9missions de gaz \u00e0 effet de serre, font-elles partie de leurs calculs ?<\/p>\n<p>Alors que le BIXI s&#8217;est relativement soustrait au vandalisme qui harc\u00e8le le V\u00e9lib \u00e0 Paris, ici, nous avons un autre probl\u00e8me dont il faut se soucier : la d\u00e9cr\u00e9pitude. Suis-je le seul qui pense que l\u2019\u00e9tat des v\u00e9los en service se d\u00e9t\u00e9riore ? Les roues sont souvent d\u00e9gonfl\u00e9es. Les cha\u00eenes mendient de l&#8217;huile. Les sonnettes sont devenues tout \u00e0 fait non fonctionnelles. Et pourtant, le BIXI n\u2019a que \u00e0 peine 2 ans. Je crains que le Bixi devienne un <a title=\"Une dalle s'affaisse sur le pont Mercier\" href=\"http:\/\/www.radio-canada.ca\/regions\/Montreal\/2010\/07\/23\/009-pont-mercier-dalle.shtml\">pont Mercier<\/a> \u2013 lors de son inauguration, spectaculaire ; maintenant, par la faute d&#8217;un manque d&#8217;entretien, croulant.<\/p>\n<p>Mais j\u2019avoue que le BIXI est vachement commode.<\/p>\n<p>Alors, je ne sais pas quoi faire. Renouveler ou ne pas renouveler mon abonnement BIXI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Je ne sais pas quoi faire. Renouveler ou ne pas renouveler mon abonnement BIXI. Et j\u2019ai jusqu\u2019au 31 juillet \u00e0 prendre une d\u00e9cision. 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