By: Andrew DiMatteo The new Social Bicycle System, SoBi, brings a whole new aspect to bike sharing by eliminating the idea of a station only systems. Users can now dock bicycles on any regular bike rack within the restricted riding area. This revolutionary system is made possible by the bicycles attached lock system and built [...] View More...
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Boston Bike Share Receives Federal Dollars
Sunday, July 11th, 2010The Boston Globe reported last Friday that the federal government has awarded $3 million to Boston’s forthcoming bike share program, which is expected to cover the capital costs of the apx. 500-bike, Bixi deployment next Spring. So… “next spring” huh? We have heard that before as CityRyde previously reported in our last blog post on the subject. [...] View More...
Velo-City Global Bicycle Conference 2010
Thursday, July 8th, 2010Author: Andrew DiMatteo From June 22nd to the 25th, Copenhagen hosted the 2010 Velo-City Bicycle Conference. Many major city representatives from different countries attended, as well as many major companies. This conference discussed several key topics essential to reducing carbon emissions from cars and the future of bike programs. Topics included: Mega-cities, campaigns for reducing [...] View More...
Washington D.C.’s Bike Sharing Makeover
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010For the first time in the US, a 3rd generation bike sharing deployment is receiving a “makeover”. Smartbike DC, which was finance and operated by Clear Channel, was America’s first bike sharing deployment with just over 120 bicycles and 10 stations. As CityRyde had previously reported, there were contract disputes over the expansion of the [...] View More...
Seattle to take initiative in bike sharing
Tuesday, May 11th, 20103rd Generation bike sharing first started in the US in Washington D.C. In 2010 Denver’s B-cycles launched bike sharing of more than 500 bikes and 50 stations. Minneapolis is the next city to host bike sharing, followed by Boston and others. In the West Coast of the US, Seattle has also taken initiative of starting [...] View More...
Denver launches the largest bike share in the U.S. today – Earth Day!
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Authors: Ramona Goveas Today, Denver will be celebrating their Earth Day with the release of a new bike sharing system powered by B-cycle. This is the nation’s first large-scale citywide bike sharing system (we aren’t “counting” the SmartBike DC program). The program will include approximately 500 bikes and 50 stations all around the city. Denver [...] View More...
Google Announces Google Biking Directions
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Google recently announced the addition of a brand new feature to Google Maps-Google Biking Directions. This new feature is groundbreaking and allows bikers to decide upon the best possible route for their journey. The feature includes 15,000 miles of off-street bike routes that will make it much easier and safer for riders that bike unfamiliar areas. The maps [...] View More...
Progression of College Bike Sharing
Friday, March 12th, 2010Author: Timothy Lehman Bike Sharing systems have become a growing trend on college and university campuses alike. As the world continues the push to become more sustainable, students and faculty of many institutions have joined the green movement by launching bike share systems for their campuses. In this post, we’ll take a look at the progression [...] View More...
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