Chicago Hops On Bike Sharing Phenomenon
Alta Bicycle Share, Inc., of Portland and its equipment manufacturer, Public Bike System Co. have been selected over two competing bids to implement and operate a $21 million network beginning this...
View ArticleMystery Surrounds Delayed Launch of NYC Bike-Share
"Software Problems"Publication Date: Thu, 07/26/2012
View ArticleWhat is Delaying the Launch of America's Largest Bike Share Systems?
Publication Date: Wed, 08/08/2012
View ArticleJust One Obstacle for Portland Bike-Share: Who'll Pay?
Rob Manning shares the good news out of Portland this past week, as the City Council approved plans to bring 750 bikes to 75 bike-sharing station to the famously bike-friendly city. Just one small...
View ArticleUnique Bay Area Bike Share Program Launching this Summer
Led by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District), in partnership with a number of the region's municipal governments and transit agencies, the "main goal of the pilot is to evaluate...
View ArticleStation Fail: Citi Bike's Major Malfunction
"Big software projects almost never work very well, especially projects where there are as many different things which can go wrong as we have in the NYC bike-share program," says Felix...
View ArticleLaunch of Chicago Bike Share Delayed Again; Are Citi Bike's Problems to Blame?
After a year delay, Chicago's Divvy bike-share system was supposed to launch with a 'big bang' this month. Now comes word that the big bang is more of a big dud.Publication Date: Wed, 06/12/2013
View ArticleCiti Bike Encounters Financial Trouble
Laura Kusisto, Eliot Brown, and Andrew Tangel share the distressing news about the financial situation of Citi Bike, New York City’s bikeshare program. Although few details are available, here’s what...
View ArticleDespite Woes, Bike Share Programs Continue to Spread
Reporting from Chattanooga, where a small but successful two-year-old bike share program [we've posted articles on the Chattanooga Bicycle Transit System Publication Date: Thu, 07/10/2014
View ArticlePending Financial Deal Would Expand Citi Bike in New York City
"Citi Bike and its operator stand to get tens of millions of dollars to expand New York's popular bicycle-sharing program in a deal that could close within a week," reports Andrew Tangel.Publication...
View ArticleDivvy Expands Bike-Sharing Stations
According to Jon Hilkevitch at the Chicago Tribune, the bike share service Divvy, based in Chicago, will be expanding by a total of 87 square miles in its service area, now covering 31...
View ArticleJersey City Joins NYC's Citi Bikes; Neighbors Create Separate System
As reported by Matt Chaban in the New York Times, despite February announcements to share 800 bicycles between the three New Jersey cities of Hoboken, Jersey City, and Weehawken by June, the start date...
View ArticleSeattle's Bikeshare Opens Today!
Pronto!, operated by Alta Bicycle Share, based in Portland, Oregon, is funded through private donations as well as user fees.Publication Date: Thu, 10/09/2014
View ArticleConfirmed: Alta Bicycle Share Sold
"REQX Ventures, a company run by people affiliated with Related Companies—developer of the Time Warner Center and Hudson Yards—and its subsidiary Equinox, will own all of Alta Bicycle Share," reports...
View ArticleAlta Bicycle Share Changes its Name
Ben Fried shares news of a big change in nomenclature for the country's largest bikeshare company: "After new management took over in 2014, injecting capital and expertise thPublication Date: Wed,...
View ArticleBay Area Bike Share Poised to Grow from 700 to 7,000 Bikes
(Updated 04/05/15) Bay Area Bike Share is notable on two fronts: First, its a regional, not a city program.Publication Date: Thu, 04/02/2015
View ArticleWhat is Delaying the Launch of America's Largest Bike Share Systems?
Publication Date: Wed, 08/08/2012
View ArticleJust One Obstacle for Portland Bike-Share: Who'll Pay?
Rob Manning shares the good news out of Portland this past week, as the City Council approved plans to bring 750 bikes to 75 bike-sharing station to the famously bike-friendly city. Just one small...
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