Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Starting Next Week, You Can Help Choose Bike-Share Station Locations

By Noah Kazis | Jan 26, 2012 | 6 Comments

When bike-share launches this summer, 10,000 new public bicycles will be available at 600 stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The stations will typically be located about 1,000 feet apart from each other, ensuring a quick walk to a public bike from anywhere below 79th Street and in northwest Brooklyn. The exact location of the stations […]

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Trains, Buses, Bikes, and Sandwiches… There Should Be an App For That

By Ben Goldman | Jan 13, 2012 | No Comments

Earlier today we brought you a story about a new and potentially dangerous technological innovation – Facebook in cars. To help end the week on a higher note, here’s some far more encouraging news on the transportation tech front. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in issuing a […]

Sadik-Khan: Bike-Share GPS Data Will Help Plan NYC Bike Network

By Noah Kazis | Jan 12, 2012 | 20 Comments

Here’s one more reason to get excited about the launch of bike-share later this year: the reams of data generated by the GPS units located in every public bicycle. The Department of Transportation will use that data to inform their bike lane planning, commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan revealed last night. “It’s going to be amazing to […]

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Boston to Expand Hubway Bike-Share After Brilliant First Season

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 30, 2011 | No Comments

It’s logged more than 140,000 rides over just four months. And now Boston’s brand new Hubway bike sharing system is packing it in for the cold New England winter. When it returns in the spring, Hubway will be expanding, adding stations in Cambridge, Somerville and Brookline. In total, the four-month-old bike sharing system will add […]

Manhattan CB 2 Passes Unanimous Resolution in Favor of Bike-Share

By Ben Fried | Oct 31, 2011 | 4 Comments

Earlier this month NYC DOT set off on a bike-share information tour, giving an introduction to the city’s plans for a public bike-sharing system to every community board in the proposed service area. Bike-share plans got an enthusiastic reception from the Manhattan CB2 Transportation Committee. And it turns out that the full board backs the […]

Latest Q-Poll: Bike-Share Even More Popular Than Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Oct 20, 2011 | 4 Comments

After a series of polls showing big majorities of New Yorkers favor expanding the city’s bike lane network, the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute has turned its attention to a wider range of bike issues. It turns out that with 58 percent support, bike lanes aren’t even the most popular bike program the city is undertaking. […]

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