Tag: Bike Sharing
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Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon
At the start of 2013, the United States was home to 22 modern public bike-sharing programs. By spring 2014, that number will likely double as a flurry of cities joins the more than 500 bike-sharing communities worldwide.
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New York co-op sues Bike Share program for ruining their property values
In fact, evidence from around the world shows that bike share programs have the opposite effect.
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Solar Electric Scooter spares the environment, gives to charity
SES sponsors a program to provide its scooters to students with financial difficulties. Called “Giving Back”, a portion of the business’s net profit is set aside to finance the new vehicles.
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How bicycles bring business to your community
Momentum Magazine digs up some serious stats that show that cyclists spend more and are better for business than cars.
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Sometimes, historic preservationists really are NIMBYs
This is the poorest excuse yet for trying to keep out Citibikes
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Bike-Sharing Programs Hit the Streets in Over 500 Cities Worldwide
Today more than 500 cities in 49 countries host advanced bike-sharing programs, with a combined fleet of over 500,000 bicycles.
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Stoopidtall bike gives aerial view of L.A.'s Ciclavia (Video)
OK, don't try this at home. The owner of this insanely tall bike can't stop mid-bike because he'd topple 14 feet. But that doens't mean he can't catch the many riders of Sunday's L.A. Ciclavia.
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Toronto's Bixi Bike system is in trouble; will New York's Citibike suffer from the same problems?
New York looks like it is going big and backed by big bucks, which is exactly what it needs to survive.
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New York City's Citibike bike-share starts selling annual memberships for $95
It took a while, but New York City's bike-sharing program is finally getting close to launching.
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Why 'nobody' bikes in L.A., yet...
Well of course it's not true - L.A. has plenty of cyclists, lots of freshly painted bike lanes, and loads of bike-tivities. Still, where's the critical mass of cyclists?
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Junkyard car gets resurrected as bike with a mission (video)
Thanks to a creative project underway in Portugal, one retired old clunker has been given a chance to make amends for its polluting past life -- by being resurrected as a bicycle.
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Bike delivery boom making big cities better
Big, big trucks on crowded city streets are a recipe for cyclist and pedestrian mayhem. B-Line and TNT are two companies taking monster trucks out of the city mobility equation.
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B-Cycle bike-sharing membership now works in 15 U.S. cities
Members of the B-Cycle bike-sharing program with an annual membership will now be able to rent bikes in 15 U.S. cities thanks to the 'B-connected' initiative.
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Volvo debuts new way to save cyclists' lives
A full 50% of slain bicycle riders in Europe were hit by a car, Volvo says, making the carmaker's new crash avoidance automatic braking a possible boon to bikers.
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The Economist puts the 'sharing economy' on the cover
For years we've been talking about renting or borrowing rather than owning. There are so many things that people own but rarely use...
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Crowd-sourced scooter-bike to debut for French bike share (Video)
Designed to be an "ideal city bike," residents of Bordeaux, France will get to try this scooter-bike hybrid for free this summer.
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Beautiful city-ready bikes at 2013 Handmade Bike Show (Photos)
While bike love can be intense in the sport and speed crowd, this year's show had plenty of oohs and aahs (and lots of wood) for city cyclists.
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Crazy mobility idea moves city bikes by balloon
This rendering of a balloon-based bike sharing station makes it easy to drop stations and move them around for friendly mobility.
