The scheme is currently in its second phase of expansion which will see a system of 5,000 bikes in all of the municipalities of the Brussels region by 2013, making it one of the biggest in the world.
[5] Plans are under way for an expansion of the network in a second phase which will expand to all of the communities in the Brussels area by 2013.
[4] According to the Brussels Region, 400 car parking places have been removed to make way for villo stations during the first phase of the project.
The original cyclocity programme, also run by JCDecaux was launched on 17 September 2006 to coincide with Car Free Day that year.
JCDecaux tries to fix this problem by transporting bicycles between stations with special vans but the service is insufficient.
uses real-time data to track the performance of Brussels' bike-sharing scheme, Villo!, and aims to get JCDecaux to improve bike availability.