Veturilo
Sign in to saveVeturilo is a public bicycle-sharing system in Warsaw, Poland, launched on with 55 stations and 1000 bicycles in 3 districts - Śródmieście (city centre), Bielany and Ursynów, 2 other stations started operating in the middle of August in Wilanów. At the time of the launch, it was the biggest public bicycle-sharing system in Poland and the fifth largest in Europe. It is also considered one of the most successful bike sharing systems in the world.
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- Official website
- veturilo.waw.pl
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- Stacja Veturilo Kopernika-Oboźna 2023.jpg
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- Veturilo
- inception
- 2012-08-01
- date of official opening
- 2012-08-01
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Veturilo is a public bicycle-sharing system in Warsaw, Poland, launched on with 55 stations and 1000 bicycles in 3 districts - Śródmieście (city centre), Bielany and Ursynów, 2 other stations started operating in the middle of August in Wilanów. At the time of the launch, it was the biggest public bicycle-sharing system in Poland and the fifth largest in Europe. It is also considered one of the most successful bike sharing systems in the world.
==Name== The name Veturilo was chosen in an internet contest. It is an Esperanto word meaning vehicle. Internet users submitted nearly a thousand proposals, and a jury chose a short-list of six. In the next step, during an internet vote, users chose the name Veturilo (with 32% of votes); other proposals were: Wawabike (26%), Ziuuu (12%), Rowerynka (12%), Bajker (11%) and Wabik (6%).