Bikeshare

Bay Area Bike Share Renamed for New Sponsor: An Auto Company

The new, Detroit-based sponsor will help pay for a ten-fold expansion of the Bay Area's regional bike share program coming this spring and a new Palo Alto program. Low income residents will be offered discounted rates to join Bay Area Bike Share.

October 21, 2016 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Transit Oriented Development

Pasadena Eases Into Bikeshare, Complete Streets

Located northeast of downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena is a "destination city" of its own. A recent push to make its streets more bike-friendly coincides with the upcoming arrival of bikeshare.

August 31, 2016 - Pasadena Star-News

Bike Lane

Conventional Bike Lanes Left These Cities Wanting More

A case is made in the Orange County, California, city of Garden Grove for protected bike lanes. And a new protected bike lane opens in Southern California's bike infrastructure capital, Long Beach.

August 15, 2016 - KPCC

Two-Car Garage

The Surprising Results of Comparing Car Ownership Across Cities

Although most people could probably guess the cities where residents own the fewest cars per household, it's surprising to find that Seattle residents own more cars than Atlanta residents.

July 31, 2016 - Streetsblog USA

Portland Bikeshare

Bikeshare Goes Live in Portland

The long awaited arrival of bikeshare has become a reality in Portland, Oregon.

July 22, 2016 - Bike Portland

Bikeshare

Toward an Equitable Bikeshare System

The Better Bike Share Conference convened in Philadelphia on June 22-24, 2016. Attendees gathered to find solutions for challenges of equity, social justice, and mobility in the country's emerging bikeshare infrastructure.

July 5, 2016 - Better Bike Share Partnership

New Relay Bike Share System Latest Step Toward Atlanta's Multi-Modalism

Atlanta is the latest among a roster of cities offering bikeshare systems around the United States. Few of those cities, however, are so decidedly devoted to the automobile.

June 15, 2016 - Next City

Tough Road Ahead for Dallas Bikeshare

A bikeshare program in Downtown Dallas is a non-starter unless it's entirely funded by private money.

June 14, 2016 - The Dallas Morning News

Metro Bikes

L.A. Metro and City of Los Angeles to Launch Metro Bike Share on July 7

One thousand bikes will be available exclusively to Metro passholders who subscribe from July 7 to August 1, when the general public will be able to sign-up. Subscribers will use a single card to access both transit and Metro Bikes. Sponsor needed.

June 3, 2016 - The Source (Metro's blog)

Citi Bike Rack

Meet Citi Bike's Top Users—Some Have Pedaled More than 4,000 Miles

Some users accrue more data than others.

May 29, 2016 - New York Post

San Mateo Bikeshare

Nation's Newest Bike Share Perhaps the Smallest

What better day to launch a new bike share program than on Bike-to-Work Day? in the Bay Area, that day was May 12. The City of San Mateo launched Bay Bikes, with 50 bicycles at 11 stations. Now the region has two programs, the other being regional.

May 14, 2016 - KQED News Fix

Pronto Bikeshare

Asking the Right Questions About Equity In Bikeshare

The way we measure the success of bikeshare systems could be giving us the wrong idea about their impacts, and about the transportation needs of low-income areas.

May 4, 2016 - NextCity

Barcelona Bikeshare

Report: Bikeshare Makes Biking Safer

In the United States, not a single bikeshare rider has died in an accident so far. A report from the Mineta Transportation Institute considers why bikeshare may be safer than conventional biking.

April 29, 2016 - Vox

Chicago Divvy

A New Guide for Siting Bikeshare Stations

The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) is on a multi-modal roll, releasing two guides to non-automobile forms of transportation in recent weeks. The most recent offers guidance on why, where, and how to site bikeshare.

April 22, 2016 - Next City

Jersey City, Hoboken in Bikeshare Spat

Two New Jersey cities square off when one accuses the other of abusing public resources—this familiar story is given novel form by bikeshare and public bike racks.

April 2, 2016 - The Jersey Journal

Raleigh Finally Approves Bikeshare Program

Raleigh City Council voted Tuesday to adopt a bike rental program downtown and at five university campuses. Supporters say it will improve mobility, encourage healthy lifestyles, and offer a more urban lifestyle.

March 17, 2016 - The Raleigh News & Observer

Baltimore Approves Bikeshare System (E-Bikes Included)

The newly approved Charm City bikeshare system has a leg up on the competition: 200 of the system's 500 bikes will come with electric pedaling assistance.

March 16, 2016 - The Baltimore Sun

More Evidence That Bikeshare Systems Are the Safest Way to Bike

Another study from a reputable think-tank offers evidence that bikeshare is the safest way to bike.

March 14, 2016 - Curbed

How Portland Will Pick Bikeshare Station Locations

Details are emerging about Biketown—the new bikeshare system coming to Portland. Portland is making use of online engagement and interactive mapping to inform station location choices.

March 11, 2016 - Bike Portland

Raleigh Bikeshare Debate Intensifies

Opposition to a bikeshare proposal in Raleigh, North Carolina, centers on whether enough people will use the system to justify its cost.

February 28, 2016 - The News & Observer

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