Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike Sharing

Following NYC’s Historic Launch, Bike-Share Poised to Pop Up Everywhere

By Tanya Snyder | May 28, 2013 | 5 Comments

Yesterday was a momentous day for sustainable transportation: New York City launched its Citi Bike system, logging a record-breaking 6,050 trips and 13,768 miles on its first day. Already the biggest bike-share system in the country, it’s on track to expand to nearly twice its current size. Somehow it feels like New York popped the cork […]

Capital Bikeshare Members Reduced Their Driving 4.4 Million Miles Per Year

By Tanya Snyder | May 22, 2013 | 1 Comment

We’ve noted before that it can be challenging to figure out exactly how much driving is avoided when someone rides a bike. But here we have it straight from the horse’s mouth – nearly 7,000 horses, in fact. According to a November 2012 survey of Capital Bikeshare members, released today, the average subscriber drove 198 miles […]

Expanding Car-Share Beyond America’s Biggest Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 29, 2013 | 6 Comments

The growth of car-share has helped people forgo the expense of car ownership in major cities like Washington and Seattle, where it’s been widely adopted. But not every city has the market to sustain car-share services from companies like Zipcar or Hertz. In his book Walkable City, Jeff Speck writes that your city might not […]

Local B-cycle Memberships Will Be Good in 15 Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 15, 2013 | 6 Comments

B-cycle memberships are about to get a lot more portable. Beginning next week, annual memberships from this bike-sharing company will be honored in 15 cities where B-Cycle operates, from Nashville, Tennessee, to Kailua, Hawaii. The program is called B-connected. Bob Burns, president of B-cycle, said in a press release that the program will “empower annual […]

Midwestern Cities Race to Adopt, and Grow, Bike-Share

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 13, 2013 | 8 Comments

Pittsburgh was the newest city to announce its bike-share plans this week, when it confirmed the city would add a 500-bike system by the spring of next year. But nearby Columbus, Ohio, will beat them to the punch. Ohio’s capital city is planning to add 300 bikes this summer. Meanwhile, Indianapolis’ plan was to roll out […]

Chattanooga Bike-Share: Lessons for Smaller Cities

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 11, 2013 | 11 Comments

Chattanooga, Tennessee, was, in a lot of ways, not an ideal city for bike-sharing. It’s a somewhat sprawling city, without a strong culture of cycling and walking. In addition, only a small percentage of area residents use transit to get around, so not many are leaving the car in the garage. But local leaders didn’t […]

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