1 Like all big cities, Paris has a traffic problem: a lot of cars, a lot of traffic jams and a lot of pollution from exhaust fumes. So in 2007, the city developed a plan to improve the situation. Under the Velib program("Velib" comes from vela liberté, or"bicycle freedom'), people can take a bicycle, use it for as long as they want, and then leave it at the same or another bicycle station. The first half hour on the bike is free, but if you don't return it after 30 minutes, you have to pay. But it's only 1 euro a day or 29 euros a year! The bicycles are heavy(25 kg), and they are all gray and have baskets. There are about 20,000 of them in the