Bike Taxis: A Free Service Launches in Amsterdam (Photos and Video)

It's called Yellow Backie, and by the end of the year, it will involve 200 cyclists offering free rides to tourists and residents alike, in a metropolis where cyclists now number over half a million. A good opportunity to hook up, too?

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BIKE TAXI AMSTERDAM –

The idea is a big hit with tourists and Amsterdam residents, where around 500 people regularly commute by bike. They go to work, school, the movies, or to the pub with friends. No cars, and no parking or traffic problems in the city's historic center. Now In the heart of Holland, where the bicycle is considered a fundamental means of urban mobility, the bike taxi was born. Free. And available to citizens as a Shared economy.

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YELLOW BACKIE AMSTERDAM –

The service is called Yellow Backie, and the yellow color evokes all the cyclists who join it and declare themselves available, through the Facebook page, to carry passengers for free on the back seat of their bicycleA saddle that is painted yellow, as a sign of participation in the shared circulation project.

HOW THE YELLOW BACKYE SERVICE WORKS –

As for the passenger, he doesn't have to do much. Just as he would when hailing a taxi, if he sees a bike with a yellow rack on a street corner, he shouts out the word: BackieAt that point the cyclist stops and charges. Dozens of cyclists have already joined Yellow Backie and there will be at least 200 by the end of the yearThe new service has been very popular not only because it improves mobility in the city, but also because it offers the opportunity to meet new people and make new friends. And maybe even hook up.

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TO KNOW MORE: Cycling to work: In France, there's even a state subsidy.

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