Bikeshares are active in many cities in the United States, in 60 municipalities, and worldwide in over 300 hundred cities. Small progressive communities such as Aspen, colleges such as the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and large urban areas such as Washington DC, Boston, and New York City have programs. … [continued]
Angie Schmitt in a recent article accurately dispelled a disquieting misrepresentation often seen in the mass media. In recent articles on Streetsblog USA, Schmitt unraveled false projections about safety and bike-shares. The facts show increased safety comes in cities with bike-shares. Take a walk down a New York City street, a Boston Street, a … [continued]
Count the days, Indy citizens — on April 22, 2014, 250 Pacers gold bikes docked at 25 stations will be available for your use. You can find the bikes on or near the Indianapolis Cultural Trail in downtown Indianapolis. This is the new best way to cruise around your town, … [continued]
Boston Medical Center and the City of Boston just split open a “managed care” melon. Our country has epidemic health issues related to many things, not the least of which is lack of exercise. “Lifestyle diseases” are treatable simply by improving poor diet, offsetting lack of activity, and increasing exposure … [continued]
Since 2004, in 500 cities and 50 countries, shared bicycles have increased 10 fold. These numbers are not slowing down, but increasing. The Earth Policy Institute (EPI) projects that even the US, which lags behind, has (in 2012) 21 schemes with 8,500 bicycles, and the EPI expects the fleet to … [continued]
An interesting new twist on the common bike-share program has recently emerged in the Czech city of Brno — just stop into a coffee shop and buy a coffee. Rather than going through an entirely autonomous system, all that you have to do is stop into a local coffee shop … [continued]
Editor’s note: If you like statistics, you’ll like this post. If you like bike statistics, you’ll love this post. Some interesting stuff here, and a lot to chew on. The article is reposted from Bikocity. Members of the Capital Bikeshare service drive 4.4 million miles (198 miles on average per … [continued]
I was offered a chance to review a KBO e-bike at my Florida home. The K1 step-over was so much fun! It has a frame size and ride that is comfortable and a price point that would appeal to a wide variety of interested e-bike consumers. At our moment in … [continued]
The crew at Lectric Ebikes in Phoenix, Arizona, have been designing and building some of the most affordable, functional zero emission vehicles on the planet for years now. This year, they partnered with Mr. Beast to donate $600,000 worth of e-bikes to people in need across the United States. The … [continued]
The Belgian bike company Cowboy has just launched a new model of e-bike, called the Cross, which it says is “a design icon in the making.”
