Motivate systems, including Citi Bike in New York, Divvy in Chicago, Capital Bikeshare in the D.C. area, Hubway in the Boston area, BIKETOWN in Portland and Ford GoBike in the San Francisco Bay Area, are responsible for over 80
percent of bike share trips taken annually.
Not exact matches
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.
While 70
percent of the commuters who rode their own
bikes wore helmets, fewer than a third
of the
bike -
share commuters did the same.
n Denver, 41
percent of Denver B - Cycle
bike trips replaced car trips, and the entire program is estimated to have avoided more than 1 million pounds
of CO2 emissions, said Nick Bohnenkamp, executive director
of Denver
Bike Sharing, which owns and operates Denver B - Cycle.
Davis, California considers itself one
of the most
bike - friendly cities in America, Car commuting has definitely increased in this small but growing city that encircles UC Davis, yet the city boasted according to a Streetfilms report, around 18
percent of bike commuting «mode
share» back in 2007.
In a new study from Portland State University, 80
percent of low - income people
of color surveyed say they would be more likely to use
bike share if cost and liability concerns were reduced.
The report marks the second annual count
of U.S.
bike share rides and showed that in 2017 there were more than 35 million
bike trips taken overall, which is 25
percent more than the number taken in 2016.
In a fiery op - ed in the New York Times, co-written with Paris Mayor Ann Hidalgo, he noted that «[i] nvestments in smart infrastructure,
bike sharing programs, new mass transit options, and building efficiency» have put the city on track to meet its goal
of slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 20
percent by 2023.
Between 2000 and 2014, the
share of Americans who commute via
bike grew by 62
percent, but there...
Portland wants to get from its current 7 - 8 % modal
share to a total
of 25
percent of all trips taken by
bike by 2030.
The results speak to the success
of our efforts: Citi
Bike memberships in Bedford - Stuyvesant have increased by an impressive 44
percent since we joined forces, and
bike share enthusiasts across the country are taking note.
«However, there are no
bike sharing cities we've found with the percentage
of trips made by
bike of five
percent or more that experienced an increase in mode
share from the introduction
of bike sharing.
«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.