Sean Leow of PSFK Shanghai and Neocha blogged recently on Shanghai’s new bike sharing program, launched in preparation for the 2010 World Expo - “Better City, Better Life.” Currently set-up as a trial outside a Metro station in Pudong, they hope to expand it to 800 Metro stations, and 2700 residential and business sites by 2012. The bikes are supplied by Shanghai Forever Bicycle Company, whose famous “Flying Pigeon” once dominated the roads before cars became more prevalent.

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Been thinking your car is too wide? Maybe you like the Mini Cooper, but you’ve been holding out for something a little skinnier. I joke, of course, mainly because I don’t have the $108,000 needed to buy the new Tango, from Commuter Cars. Essentially advertised as the all-weather motorcycle, the Tango is small enough to drive between lanes in stopped or slow-moving traffic (assuming you live someplace where that sort of thing is legal- California, Europe, Asia- and can stomach the insults and honks certain to come your way). Like the SmartCar, the Tango can park perpendicular to the curb. With over 1,000-ft-lbs of torque, the Tango has some pep, accelerating from zero to 60mph in about 4 seconds. According to Commuter Cars’ site, “the Tango can accelerate from zero to over 130mph in one gear. Without needing an energy-robbing transmission or differential, it…finishes the standing 1/4 mile in about 12 seconds at over 100 mph.” If that means anything to you, you know more about cars than I do, but we can agree that it sounds fast. Here’s a video of GreenTech Media’s test drive.