Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike Sharing

Why Isn’t Bike-Share Reaching More Low-Income People?

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 3, 2012 | 24 Comments

Earlier this week, Denver’s B-Cycle bike-share system came under fire for allegedly side-stepping low-income neighborhoods. The accuser was City Council Member Paul Lopez, and his complaint was not something that system operators necessarily deny: There aren’t many stations in low-income neighborhoods. The broader claim — that bike-share isn’t serving the populations that might benefit most […]

FHWA Offers a Guide for American Cities and Towns Considering Bike-Share

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 10, 2012 | 3 Comments

The Federal Highway Administration has come out with a handy report [PDF] for communities thinking about getting into the bike-sharing game. Based on a study of 12 planned and existing bike-sharing systems from around the U.S., the report is intended to help explain the basics of bike-share and guide cities through the choices they’ll face […]

Capital Bikeshare Nearly Operationally Profitable

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 20, 2012 | 2 Comments

A recent US News and World Report article explored the economics of bike sharing — noting that cities weren’t profiting from their new systems. That is hardly news. Few cities expected the popular form of public transportation infrastructure to be a cash cow. More remarkable is the news that Washington, D.C.’s Capital Bikeshare, the country’s […]

Trains, Buses, Bikes, and Sandwiches… There Should Be an App For That

By Ben Goldman | Jan 13, 2012 | 3 Comments

Earlier today we brought you a story about a new and potentially dangerous technological innovation – Facebook in cars. To help end the week on a higher note, here’s some far more encouraging news on the transportation tech front. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation in issuing a […]

Boston to Expand Hubway Bike-Share After Brilliant First Season

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 29, 2011 | 12 Comments

They’ve logged more than 140,000 rides over just four months. And now Boston’s brand new Hubway bike sharing system is packing it in for the cold New England winter. But when it returns in the spring, it will be expanding, adding stations in Cambridge, Somerville and Brookline. In total, the barely four-month-old bike sharing system […]

The Last Mile: How Bike-Ped Improvements Can Connect People to Transit

By Carolyn Szczepanski | Oct 18, 2011 | 5 Comments

Whether it’s just a short walk down the street or a five-mile bike ride, the journey between home and station is a major factor in people’s decision to take public transit. For the transit officials and livability advocates gathered at the Rail~Volution conference this week, that key piece of the journey is known as the […]

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