Miami Beach, Fl. --
The city of Miami Beach hopes a new bicycle-sharing program will reduce traffic congestion on its small island.

A private vendor is installing a network of 100 self-service stations and 1,000 bicycles across the 7-mile-long and 1-mile-wide city.

Starting in February, riders can swipe a membership or credit card at any DecoBike station to check out a bike. The bicycles can then be returned to any other station.

City officials hope the bikes will help break some residents' and visitors' habit of driving just a few blocks to a restaurant or shop.

The brightly colored bikes have lights and built-in tracking devices.

The program is modeled on popular bike-sharing systems in Paris, Barcelona and Montreal. Minneapolis and Washington, D.C., also have similar programs.