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The dockless bike-sharing schemes allow riders who sign up on
their smartphones to rent bikes using an app that helps them
locate cycles left by previous users.
The Lime-S will cost Parisians a minimum 1 euro to begin a ride.
In December last year, Lime said it was expanding into the
European market by introducing services in Frankfurt and Zurich.
Paris has been a test bed for new mobility solutions in the past
few years, with several foreign players, including Chinese bike
share operators, launching services in the French capital.
However, Paris' pioneering Velib bicycle hire service has ground
to a virtual standstill after the new concession holder failed
to install revamped docking stations on schedule.
Due to a dearth of docking stations and bikes, Parisians have
returned to using public transport or cars, or the new
Asian-owned dockless bike-sharing schemes introduced during the
switch between the old and new Velib.
The head of the Paris Autolib Velib Metropole syndicate last
week said she would propose ending the contract with the Bollore
group due to budget shortfalls and operational problems with the
electric car hire scheme.
(Reporting by Mekhla Raina in Bengaluru; Editing by Sunil Nair)
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