Sentences with phrase «bike share itself has»

The real appetite for shared bikes, however, is coming from China, where over the last seven years bikes for bike share have gone from zero to 650,000.

Philadelphia, PA — The Barnes Foundation and Indego bike share have announced that ten new bikes wrapped in paintings from the Barnes collection will be unveiled on Sunday, May 6, at the Barnes's PECO Free First Sunday Family Day.

Bike sharing has definitely arrived on US shores - Denver has a great service, Washington DC's bike share has become extremely popular, and new programs are planned for cities across the nation, from New York to Portland and points in between.

-RRB-, the bike share has kept its Cambridge stations open throughout all four seasons since 2013.

It's a clear indication that the nation's largest bike share has grown into an integral part of NYC's transportation network.

And a recent study using data from Washington, D.C.'s Capital Bikeshare shows that bike share has the potential to reduce even more pollutants harmful to human health by alleviating traffic congestion.

Initially intended for three seasons (because Beantown winters bring the brrrrr), the bike share has kept its Cambridge stations open throughout all four seasons since 2013.

With over 123 million trips taken in the U.S. since 2010, bike share has rapidly emerged as a new transportation option that can bolster public transit usage and increase cycling.

«In just a few years, bike share has proven successful in an ever - widening collection of cities,» said Linda Bailey, NACTO Executive Director.

Another reason bike share has the potential to be an important resource for low - income residents of color is that such individuals are less likely to have a car available for use, and more likely to use transit in comparison to others.

Meanwhile, bike share itself has shown to increase safety for all bike users.

«The launch of the Citi Bike program in Jersey City shows that bike share has become a critical component of healthy, sustainable and convenient urban living in cities of all sizes.»

Not exact matches

All you have to do is look at how every day there's a new investment made in Asia where it's not uncommon for a bike - sharing company to raise $ 300 million.

Meanwhile, a state - level bill that would put shared electric scooters in the same regulatory category as shared electric bikes has been introduced in the California State Assembly.

Harley, which commands about half of the U.S. big - bike market, has seen its U.S. market share erode in recent years as it grapples with an ageing customer base, weak demand from younger buyers and discounts offered by rivals.

Nevertheless, recent media reports about the apparent boom - bust of some Chinese bike - sharing companies, for instance, have fueled bubble speculation.

Over the past two years, China's largest tech firms have made a slew of major investments in India and Southeast Asia, and bankrolled ambitious bike - sharing ventures in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

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.

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

By 2025, Helsinki aims to have residents get around on trains, bikes, and with car - sharing rides.

Some bike - share users have already coined a term to describe seeing someone else swoop in and grab the last available bike or open slot.

The company, which has annual revenue of $ 6 million, is also bidding on upcoming bike - sharing programs in San Francisco; Portland, Oregon; Vancouver, British Columbia; and Copenhagen.

The 320 miles of hiking, running, swimming, biking, canoeing, and rappelling, through jungle and across sea, had its share of broadcast highlights.

There also may be bike or car sharing systems and an area with spare beds that can be rented out online when a resident has guests come to stay.

Since that launch, Daimler has grown the Moovel app's utility by incorporating an increasing variety of transportation options, including public transportation, ride - hailing, and car - and bike - sharing services.

Just when it looked like Dara Khosrowshahi's tenure as CEO of Uber was coming into focus, the genial executive has muddied the water by buying, of all things, a bike - sharing startup called Jump.

Mobike spokesman Xue Huang says that several factors have helped make China ripe for a bike - sharing boom.

The chief executive of Bluegogo, China's third - largest bike - sharing company, said in a public letter posted online he had «made mistakes» and that the firm was closing down, Reuters reported on Nov. 17.

Uber's agreement last week to acquire Jump, an electric bike - sharing service, brought new legitimacy to a business that had been viewed by some as a novelty.

In late October, Shanghai - listed bike - sharing company Youon Technology said on its website it would merge with Hello Bike.

The bike - sharing startup has leapt to the top spot in the sector with a 51.2 percent share, followed by its arch-rival Mobike with a 40.1 percent share, according to data released in February by third - party research firm BigData - Research (in Chinese).

The companies, which have collectively raised $ 255 million from venture capitalists, believe scooters are the next step toward a multimodal future, in which the typical person doesn't own a car, but cobbles together shared rides, bikes, public transit, and, yes, scooters, to get around.

The Sidewalk Labs proposal in the competitive bid for the project floated all kinds of technological dreams: a thermal energy grid that would be carbon neutral, sensors that separate waste from recycling, modular buildings that convert from retail to housing, monitors that track noise and pollution, self - driving transit shuttles, shared - ride taxibots, adaptive traffic lights, delivery robots, heated bike paths and sidewalks that melt snow on their own.

While ofo has expanded its footprint in Singapore, the U.S. and the U.K., Mobike announced yesterday the launch of its bike - sharing service in Singapore, marking its first foray into foreign markets.

• Motivate, which runs Citi Bike and other bike - sharing programs, has held talks to sell itself to Lyft.

Didi dominates the Chinese market — thanks in no small amount to its acquisition of second - placed Uber China — but this year it has expanded to Brazil via an acquisition and Taiwan via a franchise model, and also moved into bike - sharing and vehicle rentals.

Since their introduction in 2015, dockless bike - sharing systems have moved from East to West as they sweep through urban transportation markets.

Uber has acquired Jump, a bike - sharing startup that offers dockless electric bicycles for hire on demand across San Francisco...

So is the share - bike phenomenon a fad or does it have staying power?

High - speed wifi, charging stations, chat rooms, treadmill desks, full kitchens, bottomless coffee / beer, outdoor patios, unlimited conference room usage, community events, and shared bikes are just some of the amenities all Common Desk members have access to!

BEIJING (Reuters)- Chinese bike - sharing start - up Mobike said it has raised $ 600 million in a financing round led by Tencent Holdings Ltd, its biggest financing round to date as it seeks to expand aggressively.

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.»

Uber has obtained bike - sharing startup start for an undisclosed sum of money.

Where it's not weird to sell what we have and give it to the poor, share more, not have a car and ride a bike and all these things.

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.

British Cycling have entered into a new partnership with Love Velo, an exciting cycling travel brand who share our vision for getting more people on their bikes.

In the past several weeks, electric scooters have popped up on the sidewalks of San Francisco, adding yet another vehicle sharing platform to the mix of dockless bikes that have received mixed...