JCDecaux's losses from theft are explicitly limited by their contract with Paris, so their sudden change of heart is probably more of a PR move to aid in contract negotiations than a true sign of the viability of bike sharing schemes.

http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/02/12/reports-of-velibs-demi...

Maybe one day, the peninsula will have a quality bike sharing network to help solve Caltrain's last mile problem. One day...