- it makes sense in Boston, Paris, etc, because those are places you travel some distance to get to, and then you need to travel locally once you are there, and parking is a problem. Belmont's not that sort of a destination, at least not today. You may have multiple stops in a square, but the squares are small. Paris still has a way to go; see this (French) video for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAethD1Io_Y

- local travel TO squares is entirely bikeable, but then you don't need a shared bike, you instead need your own bike to get there. Comfortable routes to/from the squares would help.

- shared bikes seem to suffer overly much from theft and vandalism (this seems to be the experience with Velib in Paris, and with shared bikes in Amsterdam too). It doesn't mean it can't work, but it is an additional cost.

- it makes sense in Boston, Paris, etc, because those are places you travel some distance to get to, and then you need to travel locally once you are there, and parking is a problem. Belmont's not that sort of a destination, at least not today. You may have multiple stops in a square, but the squares are small. Paris still has a way to go; see this (French) video for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAethD1Io_Y

- local travel TO squares is entirely bikeable, but then you don't need a shared bike, you instead need your own bike to get there. Comfortable routes to/from the squares would help.

- shared bikes seem to suffer overly much from theft and vandalism (this seems to be the experience with Velib in Paris, and with shared bikes in Amsterdam too). It doesn't mean it can't work, but it is an additional cost.