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  The Bicycle Diaries    
From subsistence farmers in remote African villages; to school children in Europe; to powerful executives on Wall Street: the bicycle is a mode of transport enjoyed by rich and poor, young and old alike. This hour on The Changing World, we pedal along to discover the bicycle’s impact on people’s lives.


 
FIRST HALF




Paris launched a bike sharing program last year that has changed the travelling style of many commuters. We listen to the voices of bicyclists in Paris who are avid users of the Velib bicycle transit system.
SECOND HALF




In Delhi, India, bicycles are fundamental to an essential service: newspaper delivery. Rupa Jha tags along on some of the routes to find out why.
     
   
     




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