A few years ago, we entered an era where shared bikes were provided for free to any city that wanted them. Cities jumped at the opportunity to offer another form of transportation to their residents at no cost to their perpetually stretched budgets, but quickly learned that there was no … [continued]
Ford’s GoBike program in San Francisco is getting a boost through the addition of its pedal-assist bikes in the Bay Area Bike Share program, which is operated by Motivate.
Baltimore, Maryland, finally got its first bikeshare program about a month ago — Baltimore Bike Share. Ridership levels are already pretty good (~6,000 rides). That perhaps has something to do with the fact that around 40% of the bikeshare fleet is made up of electric bikes, rather than the whole fleet being “simply” pedal-powered bikes.
San Francisco’s Bay Area Bike Share program will be renamed Ford GoBike in early 2017, as part of a new partnership between the operating firm Motivate and Ford Motor Company.
Originally published on Bikocity. Getting the largest economy in the United States, that of California, to a net-zero emissions one is an incredibly ambitious goal, and one that will take a great many baby steps to achieve, among which is the aim of getting 1.5 million zero emissions vehicles on … [continued]
Originally published on Bikocity. How can cities get more people using bikes for transportation, while also reducing the risk of injuries or death? It turns out that it might not really be that complicated, and that by combining bike sharing systems with protected bike lanes, cities can boost bike transportation … [continued]
Originally published on The ECOreport Miami based CycleHop is already operating bike share programs in more than 100 communities and universities in the United States and Canada. New programs are currently under development in Long Beach (CA), West Hollywood (CA), Atlanta (GA), Cleveland (OH), and Louisville (KY). However, the biggest … [continued]
Originally published on ExpertSure. Jersey City mayor Steve Fulop has announced that Brooklyn based Alta Bicycle Share has been awarded a contract to operate a bike share program in his city. Alta operates New York City’s 6,000 bicycle Citi Bike system and was the sole bidder for the Jersey City … [continued]
The buyout of Alta Bike Share, which operates New York City’s Citi Bike program, is essentially a done deal. It follows our report in August about the sizable pending financial deal withREQX Ventures, which is funding additional investments in the Citi Bike system to increase the number of bikes (close to twice as many … [continued]
Day 1 of the years-in-the-making bike-sharing program for Seattle started last week with 500 soft green bikes. But this is just part of Seattle’s big bike push. The Seattle Bicycle Master Plan stipulates adding more than 400 miles of cycling facilities. This gradual addition over the next 20 years will expand the 135-mile … [continued]
