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  • Toronto quietly releases RFI for Bixi Toronto operations

    Matt Christensen published on 05/22/13
    Unbeknownst to most, the City of Toronto issued a Request for Information for the operation of its Bixi Toronto program on May 13th. The issuance comes amidst a plethora of controversy surrounding Toronto's mayor, Rob Ford, and the program itself. ...
  • The big numbers of Capital Bikeshare

    Matt Christensen published on 05/22/13
    Capital Bikeshare released two major reports today: the results of a membership survey and an analysis of the health impacts of the program. We attended this morning's webinar featuring a presentation of the findings by Lori Diggins, Principal a...
  • Citi Bike preps for take-off, launches app

    Matt Christensen published on 05/21/13
    Today, six days prior to its launch, Citi Bike announced that its program app is available for download. The app features each station--active and non-active--and the number of bikes and available docks. It also allows users to keep track of the ...
  • Bike Share. The New Corporate Perk.

    BikeShare.com published on 05/16/13
     Written and produced by Alex Goldmark for Transportation Nation The bikes aren't even on the street yet, but New York businesses are planning for the launch of bike share later this month. While some small storekeepers are bemoaning...
  • Here at BikeShare.com, we talk a lot about what makes a good bike sharing street. The criteria could differ from place to place, but it usually includes something about urban density and decent bicycle infrastructure. We don't normally insist that...
  • Bike sharing needs and advocate

    Justin Bilow published on 05/16/13
      Those who have been paying attention to the daily coverage about Citi Bike leading up to its launch on Memorial Day may be struck by the marquee of tabloidal headlines like “Bike Share War Rages at Village Forum,” “Installa...
  • 10 best cities for bike share that don’t have it yet

    Matt Christensen published on 05/15/13
    When it comes to finding developed, bike-friendly cities that don't have bike share systems, the pickings are getting slimmer and slimmer. That's a good thing because bike share can work almost anywhere. Even Medellin, Colombia, with its hilly fave...
  • A team consisting of CycleHop, Social Bicycles, and SandVault have been selected to operate, fund, and supply equipment for the Phoenix bike share system. CycleHop, a company that has been involved in bike share for over twenty years, will be operati...
  • Press continues to slam Citi Bike

    Matt Christensen published on 05/14/13
    This morning, Matt Flegenheimer from The New York Times published an article titled "Complaints Rise as Bike Share Program Nears." (Update: the title has been changed to "Bike Sharing? Sure. The racks? No way.") The article outlines a series of (you ...
  • Smart bikes to launch in Hoboken

    Matt Christensen published on 05/13/13
    It seems like only yesterday that we learned that the City of Hoboken, NJ would be partnering with Social Bicycles, E3Think, and Bike and Roll NYC to launch a bike share system--and, already, Hoboken has a launch date for June of this year. Wh...