«We were happy to
see bike share expand in San Jose,» said Monica Nañez, sustainable communities manager for First Community Housing in San Jose, which is going to pay the $ 5 first - year annual bike share membership for interested low - income residents in their housing developments.
A lot of people
see bike share and think it's only about transportation from point A to point B.
Not exact matches
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.
«With ride -
sharing, car -
sharing, and even
bike -
sharing we
see buyers not nearly as needing of being half a mile to a metro.»
They don't
see multiple
bike -
share systems competing for the same pot of people.
* «We
saw this huge growth in D.C., I think we more than doubled
bike mode
share.
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.
It is likely that other cities with similar
bike sharing systems, like New York, Toronto, or Paris, will
see similar effects on housing prices.
«We
see the new dockless
bike -
shares as a complement to Capital Bikeshare, and we're excited about that possibility,» said Lucas.
When Portland's summer weather passes and the slow - drip of an Oregon winter returns, it will be interesting to
see if enthusiasm for
bike share can be maintained.
It seems like it's been a long time coming: in North America, where no
bike sharing plan has gotten near the grandeur and style of Paris» Vélib (except perhaps the forthcoming Bcycle), we've been waiting to
see exactly how cool Montreal's much - anticipated Bixi will be.
Seen over at Designboom and created by the People's Industrial Design Office — the design arm of Beijing firm People's Architecture Office — during a three - day design hackathon in Seoul, South Korea, the
Bike Share Farm is a solar - powered and
bike - propelled mobile hydroponic garden, inspired by the
bike sharing concept.
Not quite the grand scale of
bike sharing ventures in Barcelona, London, Lyon or Paris (
see recap here), but still highly commendable.
It's no longer big news when a European city gets a new
bike share program, unless they do it bigger, better, or with a technical innovation that hasn't been
seen before.
One of the other advances we've
seen this year is greater attention to
bike share equity.
We
see that in the two new big
bike share programs that launched this year.
Partnerships like the one between Divvy and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois attest to the fact that healthcare companies
see opportunity when it comes to
bike share.
That's why we were excited to
see the popularity of BIKETOWN for ALL's pilot at Alder House Apartments, and hopeful it will continue to bring the joy and convenience of
bike share to more underserved Portlanders, ensuring BIKETOWN is a success in every sense of the word.
In taking a step back, one can
see the enormity of what the Boston region is up to with its
bike share equity expansions.
It's not everyday that we
see cities collaborating on
bike share equity, which makes the Boston area's recent moves in that direction a notable achievement.
And he underscored that he
sees «
bike share as a central piece of technology and mobility in cities.»
«With a concentrated focus on equity, long - time residents
see what having
bike share in their neighborhoods can mean for them, with positive outcomes on life's big challenges.»
In the course of our work so far with the Better
Bike Share Partnership, we have tapped into the existing equity efforts and seen more and more sparks of new interest in the eyes of bike share operators, community - based organizations, cities and advocates across the cou
Share Partnership, we have tapped into the existing equity efforts and
seen more and more sparks of new interest in the eyes of
bike share operators, community - based organizations, cities and advocates across the cou
share operators, community - based organizations, cities and advocates across the country.
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.
2017 also
saw the advent of a new
bike share customer interface, commonly known as dockless
bike share.
Q: We
saw a lot of criticism on the Twitter chat about how
bike share is rolling out in LA's Boyle Heights, as well as perceptions that it's a harbinger of gentrification.
This year
saw several
bike share systems breaking away from the traditional payment model adopted from European cities.
As
seen in an earlier graphic, nearly a quarter of survey respondents
saw the credit card requirements as a deterrent to using
bike share.
Although we've
seen a lot of discouraging action and inaction by governments and corporations, we've also
seen a lot of encouraging and inspiring things taking shape, as evidenced in Janet Larsen's two Updates on
bike -
sharing programs around the world.
Also not bad, though I'm not
seeing anything stand out as different from currently offered
bike share systems.
«We're also
seeing that the average distance travelled on a JUMP ride is 2 to 3 times the distance of a regular
bike share.»
In our first post in the series, we looked at the overall study, and also
saw that
bike share was a largely unknown resource among participants.
The prizes really worked as motivation to join the next Climate Ride: After
seeing the
bikes, everyone started
sharing fundraising tips — «Find a company with a match program,» one rider told me.
We've
seen rapping physicians railing against speeding, and even a hip - hop take on
bike sharing schemes.
See Planet Green for tips on saving energy: Get a Programmable Thermostat Stop the Air Leaks Insulate Your Water Heater Add Attic Insulation Drive less - walk,
share rides, and
bike.
But the fact is, it is hard to
share helmets, and you are just not going to
see people on
shared bikes wearing them.
We've
seen tremendous interest in cycling recently, with London announcing a major plan to promote pedal and pedestrian power, Mexico building hundreds of miles of
bike paths, and
bike -
share programs springing up faster than parking lots and strip malls (
see University of Washington, Barcelona, New York, Paris, Seville and Tuscon, for example).
We've
seen a few recent innovations that address the issue of portability and storage of personal transportation options, including a tiny electric scooter, a half -
bike, and even a portable electric motor that fits on
share bikes, but this latest electric
bike could be a good solution for the
bike commuter with limited storage space, both at home and at work.
It seems like it's been a long time coming: in North America, where no
bike sharing plan has gotten near the grandeur and style of Paris» Vélib (except perhaps the forthcoming Bcycle), we've been waiting to
see exactly how cool Montreal's
It would be quite interesting to
see what the
bike sharing systems in each city say about its inhabitants...
Sami recently wrote about the new Sobi
bike system; It is a wonderful concept, and very different from
bike sharing systems we have
seen in Paris, Montreal and other cities.
We've
seen tremendous interest in cycling recently, with London announcing a major plan to promote pedal and pedestrian power, Mexico building hundreds of miles of
bike paths, and
bike -
share programs springing up faster than parking lots and strip
In a city like London or even Toronto, without good
bike infrastructure and where everyone is fighting for their
share of the road, it is easy to
see why everyone gets aggressive.
It's cool to
see the big projects, like new
bike shares being launched, or miles and miles of new separated
bike lanes being built, but making the world more
bike - friendly is also about lots and lots of small one - offs like this.
In addition, popular
bike trails throughout the region, including the Pinellas Trail, the Upper Tampa Bay
Bike Trail and the Suncoast Trail,
see their fair
share of bicycle accidents.
According to The Washington Post,
bike collisions in DC have doubled to almost 600 per year over the last six years as the popularity of
bike sharing programs has exploded (
see the District Department of Transportation report).
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 s
Bikes in New Orleans, La., and bright green Zyp
bikes in Birmingham, Al., among many other bike sharing services in the communities we s
bikes in Birmingham, Al., among many other
bike sharing services in the communities we serve.
«What you are beginning to
see is that some players in the
bike -
share industry will not make it because of a lack of funding and operational excellence.»
For example, «I can
see you can't
share the
bike right now.