bike share
Transit ridership is dropping, but a closer look at causes points to the role bike share could play in making transit a better option.
Curbed
Some good news, and some bad, on the effect of bike-share programs on transit ridership.
Smart Cities Dive
A new study confirms that dockless bike share has proven more successful in reaching a more diverse population in D.C. than the more traditional bike share system, Capital Bikshare.
Streetsblog USA
Bike share riders in Philadelphia will have the option of trying something a little zippier.
PlanPhilly
The city recently received a grant that will help it grow its bike-share network, particularly into areas that have been underserved.
WTTW
Lime Bikes and two other bike share operators applied for expansions in the city, but all were rebuffed.
Seattle Magazine
Uber plans to support sustainable mobility by funding advocacy efforts, sharing data, and offering bike-share service.
Curbed
Mayor John Tory announced a 2018 expansion of bike share that will include 3,750 new bikes and 360 new stations.
Daily Hive
Instead of expanding the traditional docked bike share stations, Citi Bike will launch new dockless bikes in the Bronx.
StreetsBlog NYC
Politicians and residents are uniting to delay Ford GoBike's expansion around San Francisco.
San Francisco Examiner
Lime and Jump were allowed to bring 300 bikes to the borough, where bike share became available in late July.
Curbed NY
Bike share company ofo's U.S. presence shrinks to a fraction of its former self, slashing its headcount and ending service in all but three U.S. cities.
Quartz
In New York, SNAP recipients to get access to Citi Bikes at discount like DIVY riders already do in Chicago.
Fast Company
In smaller towns in the greater Boston area, communities are offering bike share that crosses town borders.
The Boston Globe
Milwaukee is poised to start a Scooter share pilot. Meanwhile, a “lock to” requirement for bikes in Chicago may stop companies like ofo and Lime from keeping a foothold in that city.
Next City
Blue Ash’s 50-bike pilot makes it the first suburb in the area with a bike share system.
WCPO
Lime Bike will be available at the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, a first for bike share in the US.
Fast Company
Lime Bike hopes to provide a new option for transit and mobility share that would resemble an electric golf cart.
Bloomberg
Motivate operates Ford Gobike in the Bay Area, Citi Bike in New York and Divvy in Chicago among other bike share fleets.
CNET
