In the 1960s, a Dutch counterculture movement called the Provo launched its White Bike Plan. The "asphalt terrorism" of motorists had lasted long enough, they proclaimed.

上世纪60年代，荷兰的反主流文化运动团体Provo发起了“白色单车计划”，他们声称汽车司机的“马路恐怖主义”已经让人受够了。

Activists painted 50 bicycles white and left them unlocked on the street, after an opening ceremony alongside a well-known statue in a square near the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.

在阿姆斯特丹王宫附近一个广场上的某著名的雕像旁边举行了启动仪式之后，Provo积极分子便将50辆自行车喷刷成白色，不上锁放在街道上供人免费骑乘。

The group offered "emancipation" through "the first free, collective means of transportation", but their plan failed. Who would have guessed it was illegal to leave a bicycle unlocked in a public place? No sooner had the ceremony finished than the police impounded the white bikes.

该团体第一次提出了“免费、共享交通工具”的解放理念，然而这一计划最终失败。谁会想到不上锁的单车放在公共场所是违法的呢？启动仪式刚结束，警察就扣押了这批白色自行车。

In 1974, a successful bike-sharing program began in La Rochelle, France, and it continues to this day.

1974年，一个成熟的共享单车计划在法国拉罗谢尔诞生，并一直延续到今天。

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