CityRyde launches revolutionary Spark bike share software, and it’s only the beginning…

PHILADELPHIA, PA (October 27, 2009) – Finally, managing a bike share program made easy. CityRyde has prevailed in the bike share industry as subject matter experts since 2007, but today triumphs over their successful release of Spark -- the first off-the-shelf software solution to manage bike sharing implementations with incredible ease. Until now small-scale bike share programs have been haphazardly running their programs using paper forms to manage the tedious and redundant tasks associated with user oversight and program management. Enter Spark, currently touted by the University of Chicago who utilizes the software to manage their bike share program with over 300 users and is cleverly named “ReCycles”.

Jason Meinzer, CityRyde COO and Co-Founder states, “The launch of Spark is a pronounced step for CityRyde that will further our position as the industry leader in providing bike sharing software. Ultimately, Spark will help make more advanced bike share programs proliferate, which is central to our mission.”

Even more exciting -- Spark is only the beginning of CityRyde’s inspirational bike share management software portfolio code-named Oyster. Future software packages currently in development will turn bike share rides into cash by using carbon credits. Oyster will also include functionalities to assist bike share operators manage their fleets safer and more efficiently with preventative maintenance modules and more. CityRyde’s software sets the gold standard sustainable transportation projects worldwide.