Bike Sharing

Long-Awaited Bike Sharing Program To Hit Streets This Spring

Posted 04.26.2013 | Chicago

Chicago's first large-scale bike sharing program is ready to roll. Thursday, the Chicago Department of Transportation announced the “Divvy” bik...

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Healthy Chicago: Past, Present and Future

Bechara Choucair, M.D. | Posted 04.23.2013 | Chicago

While individual behavior is important, it's a lot more important for us to change the way our City behaves. I believe we are well on our way to a healthier Chicago!

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Good News For Marin County Cyclists

The Marin Independent Journal, Novato, Calif. | Mark Prado | Posted 03.29.2013 | San Francisco

Marin Commuters needing to cover that last mile or so from a transit stop to a job may have a new option in a few years: a public bicycle. A public b...

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Study Wants To Find Out What You Think About A Detroit Bike Share Program

Posted 01.24.2013 | Detroit

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An effort to explore setting up a bike sharing program in Detroit is shifting to a higher gear -- and those involved in the effort are looking for pub...

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The Future of Bike Sharing

Allie Armitage | Posted 10.16.2012 | DC

Read More: Bike Sharing, Bike Culture, Capital Bikeshare, University of Maryland, Video, Bikesharing, Crowdfunding, Biking, Webike, DC News

Bike sharing seems to be positioned as the solution for smart growth and urban development. But one major problem exists with these large-scale systems: the price tag. So if you are not a major metropolitan city with deep pockets, how do you get in on the bike share action?

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'Pedal Buses' Coming to Charlotte, Tampa For Conventions

Posted 08.03.2012 | Travel

Read More: Bike-Sharing, Charlotte, Dnc, Democratic National Convention, Bikes, Rnc, 2012-National-Conventions, Travel News, Tampa, Bicycling, Republican National Convention, Travel News

Apparently a bicycle built for two just wouldn't do. Fleets of "pedal buses" that seat up to nine will descend on Charlotte and Tampa ahead of the ...

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Connecting The Dots: Innovation In Transportation And Beyond

Natesh Manikoth | Posted 09.19.2012 | Business

Read More: Bike Sharing, Smart Parking, Opportunity-Public, Opportunity-Private, Opportunity-Working, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Transportation, Business News

Connecting the dots has become more challenging over the past few years in many industries. Things are more complex now, and that means that there are many more dots to connect.

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Biking Pedals Into the 21st Century

Jay Walljasper | Posted 08.07.2012 | Green

Read More: Green Lanes Project, Bicycling, Cities, Bikes Belong, Chicago, Transportation, Bike Sharing, Bike Culture, New York City Bike Lanes, City Bike Lanes, Bike to Work, Green News

You can glimpse the future right now in forward-looking American cities -- a few blocks here, a mile there where people riding bicycles are protected from rushing cars and trucks.

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A Vision For Bike Sharing In Detroit

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 05.03.2012 | Detroit

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 | Chicago

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

Shermans Travel | Posted 09.06.2012 | Travel

Read More: Bike Sharing, Boston, Austin, Minneapolis, Bicycling, Washington DC, Cycling, New York City, St. Petersburg, Bike Culture, Biking, Chicago, Portland Oregon, San Francisco, Slidepollajax, Denver, Travel News

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 | Green

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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 | Chicago

Read More: Bike Paths, Bike Sharing, Green Travel, Biking, Urban Planning, Rahm Emanuel Chicago Mayor, Chicago Bike Sharing, Bicycling, Bike Lanes, Chicago News

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 | DC

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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 | Chicago

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 | DC

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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 | Healthy Living

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 | San Francisco

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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 | San Francisco

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 | Green

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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 | Denver

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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 | Green

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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 | Books

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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 | Denver

Read More: Bike Culture, Bike Sharing, Glenwood Springs-Colorado, B-Cycle, Bob Beauprez, Dan Maes, United Nations, John Hickenlooper, Tom Tancredo, Denver News

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 | Denver

Read More: Bike Sharing, B-Cycle, Denver Cruisers, UN Plot to Takeover Denver, Dan Maes, Denver News

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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