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{{Short description|Abandoned bicycle in a public space}}
[[File:Amsterdamse_politie_bestrijdt_rijwieldiefstallen-507799.ogv|thumb|Report from Amsterdam on abandoned bicycles ([[Polygoonjournaal]], 1958)]]
[[File:Achtergelaten_fietsen_en_brommers_Weeknummer_70-11_-_Open_Beelden_-_54180.ogv|thumb|Abandoned bicycles in Amsterdam ([[Polygoonjournaal]], 1970)]]
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== Reuse for bike sharing ==
[[Luud Schimmelpennink]] was part of the Dutch [[counterculture]] movement [[Provo (movement)|Provo]] which in the mid-1960s focused on provoking a violent response from authorities by using non-violent methods. When Luud joined [[Amsterdam|Amsterdam's]] [[Municipal council|city council]] in 1967, he proposed the ''Wittefiestenplan'', that all abandoned bicycles that were collected should be painted white and placed back on the streets so that they could be [[Bicycle-sharing system|used by everyone]].<ref>{{Cite webnews |title= The Radical Roots of Bikesharing| website=[[Bloomberg -News]] Are| youdate=26 aFebruary robot?2022 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=54f0c670news/features/2022-371602-11ef26/the-86c7dutch-df7fb0ef1fad&url=L25ld3MvZmVhdHVyZXMvMjAyMi0wMi0yNi90aGUtZHV0Y2gtYW5hcmNoaXN0cy13aG8tbGF1bmNoZWQtYS1iaWtlc2hhcmluZy1yZXZvbHV0aW9uanarchists-who-launched-a-bikesharing-revolution |access-date=2024-06-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=How bike-sharing conquered the world |url=https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2017/12/19/how-bike-sharing-conquered-the-world |worknewspaper=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>
 
== See also ==