Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

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, […]

Some Hints of What to Expect From NYC Bike-Sharing

By Noah Kazis | | 19 Comments
In just the first year after introducing Vélib, Parisian bike traffic jumped 70 percent. Montreal’s Bixi system saw 1 million rides in its first four months. And New York City’s Department of City Planning estimates that a bike-share program would be used by as many as 554,000 residents, 33,000 commuters and 4 million tourists annually, […]
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