Traveler and Tourist - The Spring Issue (Feb/Mar 2021)

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World’s First Sledge Sharing System Launched in Vilnius The full-on Lithuanian winter has generated an increasing popularity of outdoor activities this year. However, to make sledding safe during the pandemic and avoid mass gatherings, over 100 cars with sledges in trunks have been made available in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, as a sharing service initiated by CityBee, the local car-sharing app. The cars containing sledges in the trunk together with disinfection means—to clean the sledges before and after the use—are available for pick up 44 www.travelerandtourist.com

through the CityBee app. All of the cars are marked in the app making it easy for the users to locate the nearest one. Moreover, for safety reasons, the service helps to ensure that the amounts of sledders are distributed over several sledding areas in the city. Since Vilnius is rich in green areas, the new car and sledge service endorses exploring even more isolated sledding areas. As the first car-sharing platform to ever launch a project like this, CityBee also intends for the sledge


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