Comments on: Copenhagen Bike-Sharing Program To Be Most High-Tech Bike-Sharing Program Yet http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/19/copenhagen-bike-sharing-program-to-be-most-high-tech-bike-sharing-program-yet/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: isargin http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/19/copenhagen-bike-sharing-program-to-be-most-high-tech-bike-sharing-program-yet/#comment-177786 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 21:47:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55294#comment-177786 36% of Copenhagen people already commute to work by bicycle, a lot bring bikes part of the way on the commuter train, others cycle all the way, so these 1260 bikes aren’t going to make a big difference.

There’s been some criticism that the program will simply mean less parking space for bicycles on already crowded stations and that the money could be better spent on improving overall bike facilities. Mayors and city administrators love the media frenzy around flashy solutions like this, though. There’s a pretty good overview about the general bike commuting situation in Copenhagen here: (far from everybody is as critical about the bike share scheme as the writer of that article, though):
http://www.bikecopenhagen.dk/2013/02/is-bike-share-great-fit-for-mature-bike.html

]]> By: Ann_Arbor_Real_Estate http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/19/copenhagen-bike-sharing-program-to-be-most-high-tech-bike-sharing-program-yet/#comment-177595 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 00:50:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=55294#comment-177595 Fluid bike transport option seems pretty for off for Ann Arbor. Very exciting to imagine the possibility of this.

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