Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Sharing

Eyes on the Street: Try a Bixi Bike on for Size at Union Square

By Ben Fried | Aug 20, 2009 | 32 Comments

A reader sends this photo taken on the west side of Union Square this morning. You’re looking at a temporary installation of a Bixi bike-share station. Bixi is one of three bike-share providers that have set up short demos this month at DOT’s invitation — the other brands are Eco-Trip and BCycle. You can’t get […]

On Big Day for Bike-Share, Boston Mayor Envisions World Class Cycling City

By Ben Fried | Aug 13, 2009 | 8 Comments

Several American cities have made halting strides towards implementing bike-share systems recently, but which will be the first to launch the kind of robust network needed for public biking to go mainstream? Right now, the runaway favorite is Boston. In Montreal, the Bixi bike-share network is so popular that it’s slated to expand ahead of […]

Bikes as Transit: New Study Envisions Possibilities for NYC

By Ben Fried | Apr 22, 2009 | 30 Comments

The Department of City Planning released a study this weekend about the possibilities for bike-share in New York City, and if you can spare the time to look it over, it’s a rewarding read. The best news: The city is thinking about bike-share on a scale that would successfully integrate cycling into the public transit […]

Boston Gets Serious About Bike-Share

By Ben Fried | Mar 5, 2009 | 6 Comments

That’s Boston Mayor Thomas Menino in the blue track suit. Photo: Boston Globe. The AP reports that Boston is looking to launch a bike-share program — and not the skimpy, half-hearted variety: The city has put out a request for proposals to create a bike share program. The proposal envisions a network of 150 stations […]

Reports of Vélib’s Demise Greatly Exaggerated

By Ben Fried | Feb 12, 2009 | 22 Comments

A recent BBC story describes the severity of theft and vandalism faced by Vélib, Paris's wildly popular bike-share network, as a mortal threat to the system. So is Vélib destined to burn brightly only to flare out after a short time? Hardly. Vélib is here to stay, according to officials and transportation experts familiar with the details of its operations.

NYU Bike-Share Rolls Off Campus

By Ben Fried | Nov 26, 2008 | 5 Comments

NYU bike-share founder Lindsi Seegmiller gives a final check before students begin the program’s inaugural ride. Photo: NYU Photo Bureau. More than two dozen students braved 32-degree cold this Sunday for the launch of NYU’s bike-share program. The ride took them down Second Avenue and over the Manhattan Bridge to see some of Brooklyn’s new […]

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