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Minneapolis, Bixi looking forward to a Nice Ride

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

It’s official.  Nice Ride Minnesota, Bixi and the city of Minneapolis are launching their own bike share program.  This system will be the nation’s first large scale non-profit bike sharing deployment, and this is a pretty big deal in US bike share circles.   The Minneapolis portion of the Twin cities received the necessary key approval [...]  View More...

Bike Sharing FAQs on YouTube

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

CityRyde has consistently been one of the first stops for people like yourself doing research on the topic of bike sharing which has allowed us to see trends on the most commonly asked questions.  We have created a YouTube channel that has very high level answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about bike [...]  View More...

CityRyde Participates in Another Bike Share Demo

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Saturday, August the 8th, 2009 CityRyde welcomes passerbys at the NYC Summer Streets event a unique opportunity to learn more about the price-leading Samba system they are bringing into the US market alongside Power Sports Factory (collectively doing business as “Bike Share Source”). More on the initiative to come of course… [Translate]   View More...

Let’s Support World Streets

Monday, August 10th, 2009

CityRyde would like to call our readers, followers, etc. to action to support our friend over at World Streets – Mr. Eric Britton – who’s outfit is often times considered the voice of sustainable transportation. For the few of you that may be unaware, here is the World Streets mission. Mr. Britton states, “After five-plus months [...]  View More...

Third Generation Bike Share to Deploy at UC Irvine

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Third generation bike sharing on the West coast will likely debut on a university campus before being deployed in a large city such as San Francisco or Portland.  The New York Times reports that the San Diego-based Collegiate Bicycle Company will launch ZotWheels, a fully automated self-service bike share program, this fall at the University [...]  View More...

San Francisco Demo a Success but Program Deployment Stalled

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Bike sharing proved quite popular with Californians this past Sunday when the Los Angeles based Brandenburger Foundation, previously discussed here, brought 7 BIXI bikes to Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.  Kiosks run by solar panels comprised the stations that accompanied the bikes.  Hundreds of people participated in the demo, generating much excitement about the [...]  View More...

BIXI to implement bike-sharing in Newport Beach

Friday, July 17th, 2009

BIXI is rolling quickly in both Montreal, elsewhere in Canada, and soon, in the United States.  The program, run by Montreal’s parking authority, Stationnement de Montréal, debuted earlier this summer as North America’s largest third-generation bike-share system and intends to roll out its ambitious phase II in the coming weeks, adding 2,000 bikes and 100 [...]  View More...

House’s Wheels4Wellness program likely to fold

Thursday, July 16th, 2009

The Wheels4Welless program, which provides bicycles to congressional staff in the Capitol building for use during the workweek, has had half of its funding cut and appears as if it will face the guillotine sooner than later.  Established in July of 2008 by the House Chief Administrative Office (CAO), Wheels4Wellness provides 30 bikes at 6 [...]  View More...

Portland reconsiders bike-sharing

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Portland, OR, considered the second-most bike friendly city in the world is once again in the market for a bike-share system.  Though the city is not new to bike-sharing, it has yet to implement a successful program.  Portland spearheaded the launch of a first generation program in the mid 1990s that ultimately failed, like many [...]  View More...

CityRyde quoted as expert in Fast Company

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

CityRyde CEO and Co-Founder Timothy Ericson was quoted in an article on Fast Company’s website as a bike sharing expert.  Some notable quotes are below: Bike-shares are the fastest growing form of transportation in the world, according to Timothy Ericson, CEO and co-founder of consulting firm CityRyde. And there’s plenty of room for more growth. Ericson [...]  View More...


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