Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Bike-Share and Open Streets: A Perfect Match

By Stephen Miller | | No Comments
Open streets events, or ciclovias, give people a new way to explore their city's streets. Without cars on the streets, they're a natural opportunity for people who don't usually ride a bike to hop on two wheels -- and that's precisely why it's important to include bike-share systems in the mix, says Stefani Cox at the Better Bike Share Partnership.
Shared bikes in Shanghai. Photo: Mark Gorton

Bike-Share as a Speculative Venture

By Ben Fried | | 17 Comments
New York, you may have heard, is about to get invaded by a swarm of bike-share companies - often described as "dockless" bike-share because they use "smart locks," not fixed stations, to secure the bicycles. But dockless systems have been operating in American cities for some time now. The real distinguishing feature of the new arrivals is that they're financed like Silicon Valley start-ups.
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