Not exact matches
In spite
of prices that can be a fraction
of Capital Bikeshare, dock-less company LimeBike says all it needs to make its
business model work is one ride per
bike per day — a mark that most functioning
bike -
share systems fly by.
Investors listed on its website include some big names in Chinese
business today, such as Wei Dai, founder
of bike sharing company ofo.
Big company sponsorship has become something
of a commonplace in the
bike share business: not only to fund start - up but also to keep
bike share afloat.
The survey also indicated BIKETOWN is bolstering the local economy — 71 %
of visitors to Portland reported they used the
bikes to reach shopping and dining destinations, and 69 % indicated they were more likely to shop at
businesses that were located near
bike share stations.
Such health benefits are part
of the reason why the health care company Humana houses a
bike share for its employees in Louisville and was one
of a trio
of businesses (along with bicycle manufacturer Trek and advertising firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky) that came together to develop B - cycle.
Whatever the case,
bike sharing offers one
of the best value sustainable
business concepts available.
This
bike sharing program is the
business brainchild
of Trek, health insurance conglomerate
First, «City Hall, the University
of Arizona and Tucson's biggest private
business, Raytheon Missile Systems, all have
bike sharing on their mind.»
Raytheon plans on purchasing 20
bikes for its employees, and the hope is that employee
bike -
sharing will spread to a majority
of Tucson's biggest
businesses.
Bike
share is a seasonal
business, and one
of the coldest winters on record in New York meant fewer visitors used Citi
Bikes than we expected.
«We're excited about
bike sharing and are moving forward cautiously,» says Steve Hoyt - McBeth, SmartTrips
business project manager for the Portland, Ore., bureau
of transportation, where six percent
of trips are already made by
bike.