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Ford GoBike

A Bikeshare Showdown Between Uber and Lyft

Lyft may soon not be the sole bikeshare operation in San Francisco as the city looks to expand the system and open the market up to other companies.

June 10, 2019 - Streetsblog USA

Chicago Divvy

Lyft to Help Expand Bike Share Citywide in Chicago

A sponsorship deal from Lyft, which owns the bike share provider Motivate, would expand Divvy bike service to every ward in Chicago.

March 21, 2019 - Streetsblog Chicago

Dockless Bike Share

When Are New Bikes Coming to Seattle Bike Share?

Lime Bikes and two other bike share operators applied for expansions in the city, but all were rebuffed.

October 29, 2018 - Seattle Magazine

Citi Bike Rack

Citi Bike Launches Dockless Bike Share Experiment

Instead of expanding the traditional docked bike share stations, Citi Bike will launch new dockless bikes in the Bronx.

August 17, 2018 - StreetsBlog NYC

Dockless Bike Share

There's Little ofo Left to Share

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.

July 28, 2018 - Quartz

CoGo Bikeshare

Lyft Finalizes Deal to Buy Motivate

The transportation network company has purchased the largest operators of bike share programs in the United States.

July 3, 2018 - Lyft Blog

Citi Bike Rack

Lyft to Buy Motivate, One of America's Largest Bike Share Providers

Motivate operates Ford Gobike in the Bay Area, Citi Bike in New York and Divvy in Chicago among other bike share fleets.

June 4, 2018 - CNET

Hubway Bikeshare

Boston's Bikeshare System Gets a New Partner, Rebranding

Blue Cross will pay $18 million for a six-year sponsorship of the Boston-area bikeshare system formerly known as Hubway.

March 21, 2018 - Boston Business Journal

Ford GoBike

Dockless vs. Docking Bikeshare Showdown in San Francisco

When Ford GoBike took over Bay Area Bike Share last year and promised to expand the number of bikes ten-fold, they entered into an exclusivity contract with San Francisco. So why is the city going to issue a permit to a competitor?

October 17, 2017 - San Francisco Examiner

CoGo Bikeshare

Bikeshare in Columbus on a Roll

After launching in 2013, the bikeshare system in Columbus, called, CoGo, has expanded facilities and increased ridership. Profitability is expected soon, too.

August 15, 2017 - Columbus Business First

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

Seattle Bikeshare Going Public

The city of Seattle is considering a significant public investment in its bikeshare system, treading where some cities have feared to tread.

October 7, 2015 - The Urbanist

Second Largest Bikeshare in U.S. will be Bay Area's by 2017

Bay Area Bike Share will grow from 700 to 7,000 bikes by 2017 after the expansion proposal was approved by a unanimous vote of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. It is a regional, not a city program, though most usage is in San Francisco.

May 30, 2015 - Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Bay Area Bike Share Poised to Grow from 700 to 7,000 Bikes

The regional system would expand to the the East Bay cities of Berkeley, Oakland and Emeryville. Bikes would be added in San Jose and San Francisco.

April 4, 2015 - San Francisco Chronicle

Big Changes, Additions for Citi Bike

Big changes are taking place at Citi Bike as the Big Apple looks to improve on its earliest efforts at bikeshare.

April 2, 2015 - Capital

Alta Bicycle Share Changes its Name

Alta Bicycle Share is now known as Motivate. So let it be written. So let it be done.

January 15, 2015 - StreetsBlog NYC

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