Vélo'v: Self-service bicycle scheme temporarily unavailable
- Paris
Paris, May 20, 2005 – JCDecaux SA(Euronext Paris: DEC), the European market leader in outdoor advertising and the second largest player worldwide, has announced that the Velo'v self-service bicycle hire scheme launched yesterday in Lyons and Villeurbanne is temporarily unavailable. Owing to the immense interest generated by the launch of this new scheme and the large number of residents of the Greater Lyons region who wanted to try this new service immediately, the computer system parameterized for a lower daily demand was overwhelmed by the tremendous surge in requests, obliging JCDecaux to reconfigure the entire system. A forthcoming press release will specify the date at which this self-service bicycle hire scheme will once again be available to the public.
Key figures
2004 revenues: €1,627.3 million ; Q1 2005 revenues . : €379.7 million JCDecaux is listed on the Eurolist of Euronext Paris and is part of the Euronext 100 and FTSE4Good indexes N°1 worldwide in street furniture (311,000 faces) N°1 worldwide in airport advertising with 155 airports and more than 150 transport contracts in metros, buses, trains and tramways (208,000 faces) N°1 in Europe for billboards (197,000 faces) 716,000 advertising faces in 45 countries Present in 3,500 cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants 7,500 employees