bikeshare A few weeks ago, we blogged about Bike Around Downtown, the bike share program at South Street Seaport this summer.

If you still have serious Velib-envy, you can participate in a bike share program from July 10-14 during New York Bike-Share Project 2008, a program that is sponsored by The Forum for Urban Design, the Storefront for Art and Architecture and City Bakery. It's free and there are four pickup/drop-off spots around SoHo, the Village, and Flatiron/Union Square.

If you want even more exciting bike share news, you need look no further than a press release from the NYC Department of Transportation.

I think it's safe to say that a City-wide bike share program could be reality within the next five years.