The starting is difficult to Vélib’ Metropolis. Despite the announcements, the new version of the bike rental system in the paris region will not be fully operational at the end of march, due to a delay in the deployment of the system. The operator Smovengo announced, Tuesday, 26 December, that only ” a hundred stations [would be] operational in early 2018 “, versus 300 initially planned.
In contrast, “compensatory” measures will be put in place for the users of the service, at the initiative of Catherine Baratti-Elbaz, president of the Union Autolib’ Velib’ Metropolis, Anne Hidalgo, maire socialiste de Paris, and Patrick Ollier, president of the Métropole du Grand Paris.
