So I just learned that the OV-fiets public transit bike rental scheme here in NL, has a direct lineage to the bike sharing (not rental!) scheme proposed in the 60s by the Provos, an anarchist movement.
Not just 'inspired by', but some form of actual collaboration between the guy who originally proposed that scheme, and the guy who ended up kickstarting the OV-fiets system!
It's really kind of absurd how much influence the Provos ended up having, and yet how often they end up being written out of history.
@joepie91 Sorry for silly question but I gather these are different provos than the ones in Ireland then?
@joepie91 Thanks! so it was provo as in provocation, not provo as in provisional. :)