I'm practically scouring the house for things to offer now.

The Vélib looks like a city bike system that will actually work! Cambridge had a disastrous venture into that about a decade ago. There was no charging or locking mechanism and, IIRC, half of them got nicked, the other half got chucked into the Cam. I don't think it lasted more than a couple of months. Which is a real shame, because this town needs something like that.