Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Colleges and High Schools Act to Keep Cars Off Campus

By Brad Aaron | | 4 Comments
With fall approaching, colleges across the US are encouraging students to come to campus without their cars. In Atlanta, Emory University is selling $250,000 worth of bikes, at a discount, to students and faculty. CNN reports that bike-share programs have started or will soon launch at Duke, the University of Washington, and at least two […]

Happy Birthday, Vélib

By Aaron Naparstek | | 1 Comment
Here’s another transportation policy success story from France. The Vélib bike-sharing system celebrates its one-year anniversary today. In April, Streetfilms’ Elizabeth Press was in Paris to learn more about it. Here is her video and report: On July 15, 2007 Paris debuted the world’s largest self-service "bicycle transit system" called Vélib outdoing previously designed bike […]

Streetfilms: New York Bike-Share, Now in Previews

By Brad Aaron | | No Comments
With the first anniversary of Vélib approaching and New York officially exploring the possibility of its own program, what better way to celebrate than trying out a free bike this weekend, courtesy of The New York Bike-Share Project. Streetfilms’ Elizabeth Press dropped in to get reactions on the first day of this year’s event, which […]

Times Shows Little Love for Livable Streets

By Brad Aaron | | 19 Comments
Are you "a certain kind of urban idealist"? Chances are that if you read Streetsblog, the answer is yes. At least according to the New York Times. This week, the Times covered three major livable streets initiatives, now either underway or under consideration by the city: its first step toward establishing a bike-share system, a […]

Big Companies Bringing Bike-Share to Small Cities

By Brad Aaron | | 2 Comments
As metropolises like New York and Philadelphia consider the benefits of bike sharing, and with Washington DC already off and riding, smaller cities are getting in on the action as well, often through the initiative of major local employers. Last year, health care giant Humana started a bike-share for employees at its Louisville, Kentucky headquarters. […]

Get a Taste of Public Bike-Share This Week

By Ben Fried | | 6 Comments
If yesterday’s DOT announcement has whetted your appetite for public bikes, the New York Bike-Share Project has just the thing. From today until Monday, free bikes will be available at four locations in the general vicinity of Greenwich Village. To take one for a spin, participants sign a waiver and give their credit card information. […]
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