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Smoove is a French company that designs, manufactures and markets〔(Ville & Transport magazine ) n° 460, Nov 2008: «Smoove's vocation is to insure coordination, communication and realization of a complete offer by putting together different industrial solutions provided by its partners.»〕 products related to bike-sharing. The company produces lightweight bike stands that require virtually no civil engineering and no electricity. The lock is on the bicycle, situated in the fork. It secures the bike in the stations and outside the stations with an auto-winding cable.〔General presentation in English: (European Conference on Mobility Management ) London 2008 (Vélomagg' Smoove address ) 12:30 05/06/2008〕 The system won some recognition〔(Tous à Vélo ) AFP 19/10/2007: «Paris, Orléans and Montpellier receive the "Bicycle Trophy 2007" for their achievement in Bike Sharing programs».〕 by mayors and in the industry〔(Salon des maires ) (French national fair for mayors and community leaders).〕 for its reliability,〔(Midi Libre ) (a major daily newspaper in the South of France): «In 2008, 76 000 clients and 800 000 trips have been registered in Montpellier. A success, and little vandalism compared to the Velib in Paris.» 〕 its moderate price〔Montpellier agglomération magazine: (Harmonie ) n° 255 Oct 2008 and (Harmonie ) n° 251 Mai 2008, «The annual cost of a Vélomagg' is around 700€ per bike to be compared with the 2000-3000€ average for other similar French programs». 〕 and the fact that it is not linked to an advertising deal.〔(CityRyde ): "There are several vendors with bike share programs that are not based primarily on advertising revenue, including CityByke, Public Bike Systems, B-cycle, and Smoove amongst others."〕 == Fork lock == The lock can be either mechanical or electronic. The mechanical lock is based on the distribution of an RFID-tagged key from a pillar box dispenser.〔(Vélocité ) n° 98, Dec 2008, :fr:FUBicy «users can, with an RFID card or a code, access to a bicycle key distributed by an automatic dispenser». 〕 The electronic lock relies on an RFID reader on the bicycle, together with a keyboard for casual users. A long term member will simply flash the member card on the bike to unlock it while the casual user will purchase a code, by internet, SMS, at a counter, or from a credit-card pillar dispenser. One idea is to share costs of payment methods and of street furniture with other existing systems such as car park ticket machines or public transport ticket systems, which can host the radio relay server. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Smoove」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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