NACTO's Walkable Station Spacing is Key to Successful, Equitable Bike Share makes the connection between station density, service quality and equity, and provides a data - driven analysis for system operators looking to expand the reach and utility
of their bike share systems.
About Motivate Motivate is the largest operator
of bike share systems in North America — operating in eight cities including several major urban centers.
Network and learn from your colleagues and peers from across the country who are working to make equity a core component
of their bike share systems.
Initially an application for users of the BIXI bike share systems, Spotcycle has since evolved to include a multitude
of bike share systems worldwide, a demonstration of 8D's strength in the capability to offer innovative and modular products in a constantly evolving market.
Looking to improve price transparency, Bublr in Milwaukee is moving away from the traditional payment structure
of bike share systems.
It has long been known that the users
of bike share systems skew richer and whiter.
Not only has the change boosted customer satisfaction, it also means Bublr has one of the lowest — if not the lowest — cost of entry
of any bike share system in the country.
Most trips are short: 12 minutes on average for members
of a bike share system.
Our success stems from our unique ability to address and master all complex aspects
of a bike share system.
Provides a Framework for Cities to Increase Access, Make Streets Safer Getting station placement right is integral to the success
of a bike share system.
The size and scope of measures to promote bike sharing equity vary, but all types
of bike sharing systems are working to lower access barriers.Whether a large established system with significant government investment like Capital Bikeshare, a new small nonprofit system searching for funding like Kansas City B - cycle, or a for - profit system like Decobike Miami Beach, operators are expending the effort to lower access barriers.
The project is now in phase two, a three - year plan to ensure full integration
of the bike share system with the city's existing public transport networks.
Getting station placement right is integral to the success
of a bike share system.
This key reference tool can be used to enhance the community engagement and outreach efforts that are essential to the planning
of any bike share system.
Citi Bike has far and away the highest ridership volume
of any bike share system in the nation, and is on par with the largest bike share systems in the Western hemisphere.
The selection of Alta Bicycle Share, Inc., will ensure a seamless operation
of the bike share system with 80 stations and 1,000 bikes.
These stations are just one component
of the bike share system's new «B - Cycle For All» program, which targets non-student residents who make $ 25,000 or less each year.
The success
of the bike share system will depend upon community support,» Mayor Coleman said.
A lot of people are blaming the helmet law in Seattle for the failure
of the bike share system, including Janette Sadik - Kahn, who tweets:
Looking at ridership data from a variety of U.S. bike share systems, NACTO finds that the utility
of a bike share system, as well as ridership, increase exponentially when stations are closer together.
Not exact matches
They don't see multiple
bike -
share systems competing for the same pot
of people.
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.
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 the U.S.,
bike -
share systems tend to be a composed
of a hodgepodge
of different funders, vendors, and operators.
In a marketing push lasting through the end
of May, consumers can take free
bike rides in certain areas, such as New York, Chicago and Montreal, that are served by Motivate - operated
bike -
sharing systems.
Divvy
Bike Program Divvy is Chicago's
bike sharing system with thousands
of bikes and hundreds
of stations across the city.
He's a proponent
of making portions
of Broadway permanently car - free, and is committed to working for implementation
of Fair Fares and a five - borough
bike -
share system.
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.
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.
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.
His second - term priorities include the development
of a citywide master plan for Select Bus Service, and the rapid expansion
of the
bike -
share system, which he views as an important new piece
of transportation infrastructure deserving
of public investment.
He wrote that with the large number
of developments headed to the borough's North Shore — like the New York Wheel — the neighborhoods needs the
bike -
share system for residents and tourists to get around.
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.
A 2012 University
of British Columbia study focusing on the climate benefits
of bike sharing in Vancouver says numerous factors play into how effective a
bike -
share system is at reducing emissions.
Lyon and La Rochelle, France: It's first
bike -
sharing program was introduced in the Rhone - Alpes city
of Lyon, and more recently a
bike - taxi
system was launched.
Mexico City has many modes
of public transportation, from the metro (subway)
system, to suburban rail, light rail, regular buses, BRT (bus rapid transit), «pesero» minibuses, and trolleybuses, to
bike share.
The predominately flat city has more than 130 km
of bike lanes and a
sharing system.
The city's environmental office has announced that funds coming from the environmental impact
of the construction
of a new line
of Metrobus will be destined to new
bike paths, and that they are launching the public
bike sharing system next February.
Cykel is a plug - in electric
bike sharing system designed for a wide range
of users and topographies.
The batteries do not have the juice
of a built - in
system; JCDecaux has developed a BYOB that can push the
bike ten kilometres (6 miles) which they say is four times as far as the average
bike share.
Vancouver got Mobi, a
bike share system, two years ago and just begrimed East Vancouver two weeks ago, (over objections
of residents about loss
of parking,
of course, Dorothy Rabinowitz lives!).
While Vélib may be the most famous
bike share system because
of the iconic appearance
of the
bikes, Washington D.C.'s Capital Bikeshare has been an unexpected success in the U.S. capital city.
None
of the Bicycle Design entries tackle the problem, but recently SandVault, the company that won Vancouver's
bike sharing system contract, unveiled a bicycle helmet dispenser to go along with
sharing stations.
For me, as a user, I have my transit pass, I have my Mobi bikeshare membership to use if I want but
of course have my own
bike, if we need a car, we have literally the most successful car
share system anywhere in North America, so I've got choices, and the best thing is, not just available choices but delightful choices every day.
The Milwaukee
bike share system launched in August 2014 with a pricing structure similar to that
of existing
bike share systems.
Streamlining finances across the
bike share system has meant that Boston's former $ 5 a year discounted Hubway membership has become a $ 5 per month membership, just like the rest
of the region.
He believes this new pricing structure will lower some
of the barriers that exist for potential users
of bike share and help the nonprofit
bike share system's mission
of improving transportation access for all Milwaukeeans.
PSU, along with Drexel University was awarded another research grant in BBSP's 2018 - 9 cycle, where they will develop a comprehensive catalogue
of bike share equity methods across the U.S., and work to determine whether individual
systems are meeting their equity metrics.
Bublr launched in August
of 2014 with a pricing structure similar to those
of most existing
bike share systems.
Motivate operates over 50 %
of the
bike share fleet in North America including the four largest
systems in the US: Citi
Bike in New York, Divvy in Chicago, Capital Bikeshare in the D.C. area, and Hubway in the Boston area.