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Montreal opens 2020 bike-sharing season, with free rides for health-care workers

Montreal is rolling out its annual public bicycle-sharing service and offering 30 days free for health-care workers.

The city says the popular service, called BIXI, is a safe transportation option during the COVID-19 pandemic because users are alone, without direct contact with others, and are outside.

Montreal says BIXI will follow public health recommendations to increase the frequency that bikes and other equipment are cleaned, compared with previous seasons.

Users are being asked to disinfect the commonly touched parts of the bikes and to wash their hands for 20 seconds before and after each ride.

Montreal says its decision to open its bike-sharing service and to offer health-care workers 30 days of free rides is in line with other big cities that have done the same, including New York, Chicago and London.

The city says people who have symptoms of COVID-19 should not be using the service, which begins today.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 15, 2020.

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