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  • Citi Bike is back on cycle track

    Matt Christensen published on 06/18/13
    In a few days time, the number of inoperable Citi Bike stations has gone from over 10% to about 2.5%, according to Andrea Bernstein at Transportation Nation. This new data suggests that software and equipment issues, which have been reported as bein...
  • Video: Velo-City 2013 wrap-up

    Matt Christensen published on 06/18/13
    Did you miss out on this year's Velo-City conference in Vienna? Unfortunately, we did too. Easing our pain, however, is this video that highlights some of the best parts of the conference. And bike share wasn't overlooked as Next Bike supplied bikes ...
  • Video: Citi Bike is a pain. Or is it?

    Matt Christensen published on 06/17/13
    Citi Bike has seen its fair share of hiccups through its first three weeks--but as the program surpassed the quarter million trip mark over the weekend, many attitudes seem to have changed for the better. The NY Daily News, which has published a ...
  • The Re-Dock: June 9 to June 15

    Justin Bilow published on 06/17/13
    Welcome to the Re-Dock — a weekly compendium of bike sharing news happening in places throughout the world. The Re-Dock stations you squarely at the center of the industry news that you want to know. This issue of the Re-Dock covers bike sharin...
  • Austin is one step closer to pulling together its bike share program. While the operator, Bike Share of Austin, was chosen back in January, the equipment supplier hasn't yet been chosen and may be revealed soon. According to a report in the A...
  • Anyone who has internet access can now view the real-time combined usage of nearly 100 of the world's bike share programs. Oliver O'Brien has combined his individual program maps into one global map displaying overall bike share bike usage. While the...
  • Citi Bike’s growing pains continue

    Matt Christensen published on 06/14/13
    The patience of Citi Bike supporters and users is being tested. Transportation Nation reports that on a given day, at least ten percent of Citi Bike's stations fail. And, yesterday, a report from CBS New York went straight to a station to get a close...
  • Indianapolis to get bike share in 2014

    Justin Bilow published on 06/12/13
    Bike share is coming to Indianapolis. In a press release issued today, the City of Indianapolis' Board of Public Works approved a $1 million contract to purchase equipment for a bike share program that is expected to launch in May 2014. The $1 mi...
  • Russell Meddin calls himself a "student of worldwide public use bicycling." But "teacher" is perhaps a more apt term. Russell is a bike share guru and was one of the first individuals to heavily advocate for bike share in the United States way ba...
  • Chicago’s bike share delayed two weeks

    Matt Christensen published on 06/11/13
    The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Chicago bike share program, Divvy, which was supposed to launch this Friday, is being delayed two weeks to allow for additional testing of the system's components. Gabe Klein, the head of CDOT, told the Tri...