Bike Sharing

A Vision For Bike Sharing In Detroit

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 05.03.2012

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In a city where affordable, sustainable transportation is difficult to come by, one person is working to give community members wheels. Sarah Sidel...

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Bike Sharing Plan Advances, Awaits Full City Council's OK

Posted 04.14.2012

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The plan for a massively-expanded city bicycle sharing program, set to launch this fall, took another step toward fruition Friday, thanks to the stamp...

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PHOTOS: 10 Best American Cities For Cycling

ShermansTravel | Posted 05.25.2012

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Pedaling through a major U.S. city is not just the province of daredevil bike messengers. With warmer weather and rising gas prices, there's never been a better time to hop on a bicycle.

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How Did The Dutch Pave The Way For Bike Paths?

Posted 01.03.2012

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From Shea Gunther and Mother Nature Network: I'm fascinated by the bike culture of Amsterdam. It's part of an larger transportation city network th...

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A Summer of Bicycle-Focused Transportation Policy for Chicagoans

Renee Patten | Posted 12.10.2011

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Chicago is an ideal city for riding a bicycle. It's flat, people are generally respectful of other users of the road, and there are alternative options for commuting if you get stuck in the rain.

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Next Dock Stop For Capital Bikeshare: Alexandria?

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.30.2011

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The shiny red bikes that are now so common on the streets of the District of Columbia could be coming to King Street as soon as 201...

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Expanded Bike Sharing Program Is Headed Chicago's Way

Posted 11.22.2011

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The Chicago Department of Transportation on Wednesday announced that the city is diving into a new, vast bike sharing program that aims to bring 3,000...

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Capital Bikeshare's Future: Corporate Sponsorship?

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Tepper | Posted 11.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Just as the city's pioneering bike-sharing program marked its one-year anniversary on Tuesday by recording its one-millionth trip, Capit...

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Bike Sharing Could Save Lives: Study

Huffington Post | Amanda Chan | Posted 10.08.2011

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A study of Barcelona's bike-sharing program -- called Bicing -- showed that the system not only saved 9,000 tons of pollution from carbon dioxide, but...

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WATCH: Woman Tackles Would-Be Bicycle Thief

Posted 09.25.2011

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Other than getting hit by a car, the biggest fear for the urban cyclist may be getting their bike stolen. Luckily, as this viral video shows, at le...

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SF To Give Bike Sharing A Ride

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 09.25.2011

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Fact: Bikes can be expensive. This expense can be easily justified of you're one of those people who rides a bike to get wherever they need to go ...

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WATCH: Bike Sharing Takes Off Across The Country

Posted 08.17.2011

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Bike sharing is on the rise, particularly in Washington D.C. and New York City, the AP reports. Officials warn that cities eager to jump on the ban...

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Denver Bike-Sharing Program Looks To Expand

The Denver Post | Charmaine Robledo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Denver's bike-sharing program is rolling along with plans to add four B-cycle stations downtown in the next few weeks. "The goal is to have 50 stat...

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Why Bike Sharing Must Be Saved

treehugger.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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But after five years, something scary started to happen, in addition to the vandalism and abandonment that plagued Bicing and other big programs...rid...

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Welcome To The World Wide Mesh: Where Access Trumps Ownership

Lisa Gansky | Posted 05.25.2011

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With all of our ability to connect to each other and the physical world, this is the precise moment when sharing our things could be convenient, relatively inexpensive, and painless.

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Maes Warns Of Green Menace Emanating From Denver

David Frey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Maes seems to be changing his thinking a little bit about the red menace -- make that the red bicycle menace -- posed by Denver's bike-sharing pedalers.

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Dan Maes Was Right: The UN Is Taking Over Denver Tonight... On Bicycles

Posted 05.25.2011

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Earlier this month, when Dan Maes (the GOP's nominee for Colorado Governor) alleged that Denver's bike sharing program (B-Cycle) represented a de fac...

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Bike Sharing Program On Its Way?

CBS2 | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York may flood the city streets with thousands of inexpensive rental bikes, reports CBS 2′s Tony Aiello. Supporters say pedal power will improv...

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Green News Report: August 5, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport. The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: BP says th...

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Dan Maes, Colorado Gubernatorial Candidate, Warns Of U.N. Plot To Destroy America With Bike-Sharing Programs

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, former Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) "made good on his threat" to jump into the race for the Colorado statehouse after a prolonged tem...

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Pedaling for the Environment and Your Health

Nate Kvamme | Posted 05.25.2011

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Denver is celebrating Earth Day with the kickoff of Denver B-cycle, the country's first citywide bike-sharing program.

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Bikes! Boulder! Bad People! But...

Dave Burdick | Posted 05.25.2011

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I just had my bike stolen in Boulder -- bummer. But it serves to remind me how much I love this city for its bike-friendliness.

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Vive le Vélo! America Needs A Bike Ambassador, and a French Lesson

Lauren Elyse Matison | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bikes have replaced berets as the "it" accessory in France. The two-wheeled vehicles may be chic and eco, but this is not why locals ride them. It'...

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A Bicycle Built for Us: Will this Weekend's "Summer Streets" Program Launch Our Bike-Sharing Revolution?

Adam Hanft | Posted 05.25.2011

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I was in Paris in September and from what I could see, Velib has taken the town by storm. The racks are ubiquitous in large areas of the city, and the streets are well stocked with furiously pedaling Parisians.

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Paris' Bike Rental Program Celebrates Second Birthday (VIDEO)

The News Room | Posted 05.25.2011

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Velib, Paris' public bicycle rental program, celebrates its second birthday today. Velib or "bike freedom" distributes 20,000 bicycles across Paris at...

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