Sentences with phrase «city bike share»

This will be old news to many people, reading about someone testing out the New York City bike share system.

O'Connell, who lives in New York, pays about $ 8.50 each month for a membership to a New York City bike share program, Citi Bike.

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And Toyota has designed the i - ROAD, a small, electric concept car eventually meant to be deployed in urban fleets and shared, similar to the bike shares popping up in many cities.

If New York City — whose Citi Bike program is the largest bike share in the United States — were to match that ratio, it would need to multiply the number of blue for - hire bicycles by 50.

Mobike claimed in May that its bikes had doubled the percentage of Chinese biking to work in selected cities, taking the share of bicycle commuters to more than 11 percent.

Until this summer, Dallas was America's largest city with no bike - share system; the arrival of several thousand bicycles operated by a handful of private companies has given it, overnight, one of the country's largest fleets of shared bikes.

In Minneapolis, Nice Ride Minnesota — a nonprofit bike - share system with 200 stations — put out a request for proposals to bring dock-less bike share to the city.

Seattle's Pronto launched in March amid bike - share systems» ascent from urban novelty to legitimate transportation technology, one that last year served up 28 million U.S. rides in more than 50 cities.

No city has made a greater investment in old - fashioned bike share than Washington.

Boston and Washington, D.C., for example, use a mix of federal, state, and city money to fund their programs, while New York City's bike - sharing initiative is financed entirely by private mecity money to fund their programs, while New York City's bike - sharing initiative is financed entirely by private meCity's bike - sharing initiative is financed entirely by private means.

Each city structures its bike - sharing systems differently.

About a year after Alta launched a program in Washington, D.C., the city celebrated its one - millionth shared - bike ride, far exceeding expectations and prompting calls for more bikes and more stations.

In many cities, bike - sharing programs are an environmentally friendly option for commuters and visitors.

He told The New York Times that Sidewalk aims to create «platforms that people can plug into,» such as New York City's bike - sharing program.

Other factors in this revolution include the urgent imperative to make cities more livable, with lower congestion and cleaner air, the enormous potential for autonomous cars and trucks, innovative approaches to subway systems and buses, and rising consumer interest in car sharing and bike sharing.

LimeBike and Ofo will begin operating dockless bike sharing networks in San Diego on Thursday.The moves come after City Attorney Mara Elliott gave the legal OK.Environmentalists say dockless bike sharing could sharply increase use of bikes for commuting.

That comparison, the SFMTA told TechCrunch in January, will entail opting for the place the city should promote stationless bike - share, the impact stationless bike - share has on the general public correct - of - approach, «including maintaining accessible pedestrian paths of shuttle, as well as the enforcement / renovation burden on metropolis staff.»

I'll probably share more details later, but the downtown area is super cute, there are bike paths covering nearly every inch of the city, and thanks to the surrounding farm lands they have a year round Farmer's market.

Divvy Bike Program Divvy is Chicago's bike sharing system with thousands of bikes and hundreds of stations across the city.

New York City's much - anticipated bike share program will launch for select members May 27, bringing 6,000 bikes to Manhattan and Brooklyn.

StreetsPAC's Endorsement Announcement: Councilmember Rosie Mendez has been a steady voice for livable streets in the City Council, voting for congestion pricing, backing the implementation of Select Bus Service on 1st and 2nd avenues, and supporting bike share across her district.

The bike share service system has already launched in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Jersey City, but their blue bikes have not made it to Staten Island and The Bronx yet.

In exchange for the new bikes, Motivate is asking the city for several concessions, including an extension of the agreement that allows only Motivate to run a bike share on the streets.

Citi Bike might soon be required to open its books to the city, so that officials will have a heads up if the bike share company is on the verge of failing again.

«Though the bike sharing program has been a runaway success in some parts of the city, it has also left the outer boroughs and many low - income neighborhoods significantly underrepresented,» said Council Member Mark Levine, in a press release.

A bike share program in Chattanooga, Tenn., operated by the same company charged with getting the city's rolled out, Alta Bicycle Share, also was delayed because of software share program in Chattanooga, Tenn., operated by the same company charged with getting the city's rolled out, Alta Bicycle Share, also was delayed because of software Share, also was delayed because of software bugs.

NEW YORK — The much - touted bike share program that some speculated would transform public transit in New York City has been delayed until March 2013.

the bike share operator «continues work to conclude manufacture and testing of the high - performance software necessary to operate the new system, which is being tailored for New York City.

Flush startups are supporting attempts to introduce dockless bike - sharing in cities that include New York.

New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik - Khan said the city's bike - share program will launch on May 27 for members and on June 2 for everyone eCity Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik - Khan said the city's bike - share program will launch on May 27 for members and on June 2 for everyone ecity's bike - share program will launch on May 27 for members and on June 2 for everyone else.

One of the Council's first Citi Bike annual members, he recently launched a petition calling on the city to expand the bike - sharing system to Greenpoint.

Borough President Scott Stringer conducted several surveys following the installation of bike lanes throughout the city; I would propose a similar study about the bike share program to identify responses of users and potential improvements to the program.

«Yonkers is pleased to join the growing list of progressive cities that make dockless bike - sharing available to residents and visitors,» added Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano.

Council Member Rosie Mendez has been a steady voice for livable streets in the City Council, voting for congestion pricing, backing the implementation of Select Bus Service on 1st and 2nd avenues, and supporting bike share across her district.

Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh said in his «state of the city» address that he hoped to get a bike - sharing program operational in the city.

If the City builds alternative methods of transit (like pedestrian plazas, bike sharing, Select Bus Service, and an upgraded subway system), as it has been doing under the Bloomberg administration, then more people will avail themselves of those alternatives.

The county last week issued a «request for interest» — looking for potential vendors to establish a bike - sharing program, similar to New York City's Citi Bike initiative.

Panelists include: George Bliss, biker and owner of Hudson Urban Bicycles (HUB0 and an advocate for safer bikes; Steve Vaccaro, biker and lawyer dealing with the legal aspects of bike - riding in the city; Caroline Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives and the Bike Share Program; Council Speaker Christine Quinn's office with pending legislation dealing with electric bikes and other relevant issues.

Citi Bike just opened in Long Island City and has plans to expand to several new neighborhoods within the five boroughs by the end of 2017, including Harlem, Gowanus, Red Hook and Carroll Gardens, but The Bronx has been without the bike - sharing program since its 2013 launch.

«My borough deserves better, as do the parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island that are not currently served by our city's official bike share program.»

«Many Chinese cities are doing bike share at a much, much bigger scale than any U.S. or European cities,» said Dani Simons, director of communications at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy in New York.

But in recent years, the city has had car lanes eroded by bike - sharing programs.

For instance, Hangzhou was recently selected by the British Broadcasting Corp. to stand with Paris as one of the world's top eight cities in bike - sharing programs.

Marrying bike - sharing with carbon trading Like most Chinese cities, Shanghai mainly runs its bike - sharing program with government subsidies.

«It depends on how much people in a particular city value cycling bike sharing,» El - Geneidy explains.

It is likely that other cities with similar bike sharing systems, like New York, Toronto, or Paris, will see similar effects on housing prices.

The dockless bike - shares litter the sidewalks and parks of the city, raising concerns they limit pedestrian mobility or just look ugly.

Yet it would be difficult to estimate if the rise in biking, particularly bike - sharing, can further suppress the city's emissions, said Susan Shaheen, director of the Transportation Sustainability Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley.

One requirement of the dockless bike - share pilot is to have them in all eight wards of the city, but the vast majority are concentrated in downtown.

B - Cycle, the company that designs the bike - sharing systems used in Denver and more than 20 other cities across the country, says that on all of its systems combined, 2.1 million bike trips covering 4.5 million miles have been made on its bicycles since 2010, all of which have offset more than 2,948 metric tons of CO2 emissions and saved more than 330,000 gallons of gasoline, B - Cycle spokeswoman Marina Marich said.