Sentences with phrase «other bike sharing»

We're happy to see Blue Bikes in New Orleans, La., and bright green Zyp bikes in Birmingham, Al., among many other bike sharing services in the communities we serve.

Not exact matches

We offer an in - house doctor's office, Starbucks, a state - of - the - art fitness center, gourmet cafeteria, bike sharing and on - site dry cleaning services, among other things.

Unlike some bike - sharing companies, Bird and the other scooter companies aren't providing docks for customers to park the scooters in, signaling to some customers that they can be left behind just about anywhere.

In other words, the bike - sharing market is big — really big.

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.

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

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.

Once they had filtered out other factors they found that each bike - sharing station in the neighbourhood lead to a $ 700 increase in property values for the nearby houses.

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

Several things are nearly certain about these bike - sharing programs and the more than 25 others across the country: Since 2007 when the first program began in Tulsa, nobody has ever died on a bike - share bike, a statistical oddity to be sure.

Bohnenkamp said there is interest among bike - share program officials to start a trade association that would standardize how data is collected and how each bike - share system's climate and other benefits are estimated and reported.

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.

It doesn't matter if you are fond of Kawasaki motorcycles or you prefer Harley - Davidson bikes because you will surely find a site that gives you the chance to talk with others who share the same interests and passions.

They already share your passion and love for bikes and are looking to meet other people who share same passion.

The centrepiece is a wooden bridge across the Kicking Horse River, a symbol of the logging industry backbone and a deep connection to the natural environment that the people share, one skis it, walks it, bikes it, climbs it and the other sleds it, cuts it, hunts it and drives it.

I am a firm believer that regular cyclists and those riding electric bikes should learn to share the road and be more accepting of each others» choices.

One of the other advances we've seen this year is greater attention to bike share equity.

Murray and others were quick to admit that a lot of the focus throughout this year's conference was on dockless bike share operators.

With programs like Divvy for Everyone, Indego's equity program, BIKETOWN for All, Citi Bike for Youth, and many more, the people in this room are making sure that bike share is reaching lower income residents, people of color, women and others who have been historically underserved by transportation options.

On the other side, higher - income white riders were more likely to talk about the convenience of using bike share as their main motivation to join.

It is a story that is echoed by so many others that are benefiting from bike share.

Bicycling and bike share advocates seek to expand two - wheeled mobility across the nation, but they are being reminded that some bodies are more accepted on bikes than others.

The love for riding our bikes is what drives us, and we hope Dero's commitment to quality bike parking enables others to share in the same joyful experience.

Some of the world's largest brands are collaborating with Citi Bike and its operator Motivate, which operates some of the largest and most popular bike share systems across the country including Hubway in Boston, Divvy in Chicago, and Ford GoBike in the Bay Area, among others.

NACTO's contributions include a series of research - based Equity / Practitioner's Papers that present best practices for making bike share work for and better engage low - income people, as well as other research materials.

Some of the world's largest brands are collaborating with Hubway and its operator Motivate, which operates the largest and most popular bike share systems across the country including Citi Bike in New York City, Divvy in Chicago, and Ford GoBike in the Bay Area, among others.

In preparation for the launch, West and others have been meeting with community groups and introducing them to bike share and pedelec bicycles.

Other subjects covered by Data Highlights included China's rising soybean consumption, falling gasoline use, the U.S bike - share fleet more than doubling in 2013, and China's growing meat consumption shown by the move to buy Smithfield.

Even though the area had worse health outcomes and fewer transit options than many other parts of the City, a disproportionately lower number of Bedford Stuyvesant residents were taking advantage of the mobility and health benefits of bike share.

While this may be the end of one conversation, hopefully it sparks others that will continue to bring focus to the intersectional issues our different communities are facing and what role bike share, if any, can play in it.

In less than a year of existence, one U.S. - focused company, BlueGoGo, and a number of China - based companies have filed for bankruptcy, merged with other companies, or ceased operations.4 The extreme degree of venture capital funding, coupled with generally low ridership, brings questions as to the overall sustainability and volatility of the dockless bike share market.

We are looking at this work and at the experiences of other community - based initiatives to discuss reducing bike share barriers for low - income people, people of color, and other marginalized groups.

The experience of the Restoration Partnership holds core lessons for other groups and individuals working to address community health and mobility needs and to make cycling and bike share relevant to a wider audience.

See why London, New York City, Washington D.C., Minneapolis, Boston, Seattle, Montreal and other metropolis around the world deploy 8D's bike share solutions.

If cities really want to make dockless bike - share work, they'll have to get over their aversion to repurposing car parking spaces for other uses.

Woldegedreal says he now encourages others to embrace bike share and that he is grateful the system was introduced to him during that transitional period in his life.

However, the folks at Bike Arlington and Capital Bikeshare are now mentally shifting their focus to addressing other barriers to bike sharing.

I love the work being done integrating bike share with transit and other modes of transportation, such as in Pittsburgh.

The program allowed residents of Arlington County to pay for their bike share memberships with cash at one of five Commuter Stores, physical locations where passes to other forms of public transit are sold.

The Program Manager will work directly with city staff around the country on bike share, equity, cycling, and other issues in sustainable transportation, urban planning, design, and policy.

«Alta is excited to partner with the City of Columbus and manage the CoGo Bike Share system,» said Jeff Olson from Alta Bicycle Share Inc. «Columbus is out front by launching a great bike share network before many other cities $» cities like Vancouver, Portland, and San FrancShare system,» said Jeff Olson from Alta Bicycle Share Inc. «Columbus is out front by launching a great bike share network before many other cities $» cities like Vancouver, Portland, and San FrancShare Inc. «Columbus is out front by launching a great bike share network before many other cities $» cities like Vancouver, Portland, and San Francshare network before many other cities $» cities like Vancouver, Portland, and San Francisco.

This afternoon, Mayor Charlie Hales, Commissioners Steve Novick and Nick Fish gathered at City Hall with Metro Councilor Sam Chase, Jay Walder, President and CEO of Motivate, and Ryan Rzepecki, the CEO of Social Bicycles, to celebrate the passage of Portland's bike share by the City Council and other major milestones in Portland bicycling.

When it comes to bike share itself, low - income people of color were more likely than other groups to say that the cost of a membership was prohibitive to their use of a system.

They want to be able to use their Commuter Tax Benefits for bike share and transit and not have to choose one or the other.

As part of the move to GBFS bike share systems will also begin publishing useful information for app users in a more standardized way; for example station relocations, «valet» or «pop - up» stations, and other service modifications.Motivate is committed to providing open data for all our systems and while we've converted four to GBFS today, we'll be working to bring more into this standard in the months ahead.

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.

But experts and growing experience from bike sharing programs in other cities make clear that bicycling can be a safe mode -LSB-...]

Operational staff will be looking to other cities, like Chicago, that keep their bike share systems open year - round despite cold weather.

The change in management is intended to result in a more reliable system led by Alta, an operator that has successfully managed large scale urban bike share programs in New York City, Chicago, Washington DC, Boston, San Francisco, and several others.

This distinguishes it from others» attempts to address the unbanked issue in bike share.