Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Hunter Planners: Expand the Bike Program, Beat the Bikelash

By Noah Kazis | | 29 Comments
DOT needs to accelerate the build-out of the city’s bike network in working-class neighborhoods outside the center city, say graduate students in the Hunter College urban planning department. They argue that expanding the geographic focus of the bike program would not only improve access to safe cycling for underserved neighborhoods, it might just help overcome […]

How to Write a New York Post Anti-Bike Screed

By Ben Fried | | 10 Comments
At the beginning of this week, the newsroom at the New York Post lobbed a grenade at NYC’s bike-share plans, and right on cue, the editorial staff followed up with more bike-share-bashing today. Say what you will about the Post’s factual accuracy, they can churn out the bikelash content with mechanical efficiency. Here’s how they […]

Get Hypnotized By Boris Bikes

By Ben Fried | | 7 Comments
Dr. Martin Austwick created this animation of bike-share usage in London on October 4, 2010, when transit workers were on strike. It’s totally spellbinding. Bonus game for the geeks in the house — before you hit play, leave your best guess in the comments about the time of day when the system hits peak usage. […]

Crain’s: Finalists Chosen for NYC Bike-Share

By Ben Fried | | 13 Comments
Crain’s reports that the city has narrowed down the proposals to two, maybe three, finalists to operate a bike-share system which could add about 10,000 public bikes at 600 stations to NYC’s transportation mix: Sources confirm two finalists: Alta Bicycle Share, based in Portland, Ore., and B-Cycle, owned by Wisconsin bicycle maker Trek, health insurer […]

Industry Leaders Don’t Want to Miss Out on NYC Bike-Share

By Noah Kazis | | 5 Comments
Interest in New York City’s bike-sharing plans seems to be running high in the industry, if today’s “pre-proposal conference” is any indication. A packed room that included many of the major players in the bike-sharing industry gathered at NYC DOT headquarters to get the scoop on what New York, potentially the nation’s largest bike-sharing market, […]
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