Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Bike Sharing

Over Previous Objections, Bike Share Is Coming to the National Mall

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 6, 2011 | 1 Comment

Readers, all that awful news about Republicans trying to kill active transportation’s tiny share of federal support is getting me down. So even though I don’t normally post anything new this late in the day, I just can’t leave you without some good news. In July, the Park Service made an inscrutably ridiculous decision to […]

Another Bike-Friendly Notch in Boston’s Belt: Bike-Share to Launch This July

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 21, 2011 | 3 Comments

In 2007, Boston had one city block of bike lane. It was considered one of the world’s least bike-friendly cities. But Mayor Thomas Menino set out to change all that. The Boston Globe reports that today, Menino signed an agreement to create a bike-sharing network in the style of Washington, D.C.’s Capital Bikeshare and Paris’ […]

Will Bike-Phobic Dan Maes Cost the Colorado GOP Major Party Status?

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 26, 2010 | 4 Comments

This is the third installment of Streetsblog Capitol Hill’s series on key governor’s races. Earlier we brought you stories about a candidate who likes bikes but isn’t sure about transit in Tennessee, and the choice between light rail and bus rapid transit in Maryland. Here we turn our attention to Colorado. Colorado is a classic […]

Today Denverites Ride Public Bikes. Tomorrow They’ll Speak Esperanto.

By Ben Fried | Aug 4, 2010 | No Comments

The Colorado governor’s race was always going to be one for sustainable transportation advocates to keep an eye on. The likely Democratic nominee, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, has built a solid resume of support for transit and bicycling. But recent events suggest the green transportation/livable streets stakes may be waaaaay higher than expected. Dan Maes: […]

Seeking Stimulus Money For Bike Sharing, D.C. Looks Beyond Cutting CO2

By Elana Schor | Oct 22, 2009 | 6 Comments

The Transportation Planning Board (TPB), the Washington D.C. area’s metropolitan planning organization (MPO), recently made a pitch to the U.S. DOT for a share of the economic stimulus law’s $1.5 billion in innovative transport grants. Among the suggested projects was $13 million for bike sharing, enough to expand the D.C. program into a regional network […]

¡Arriba Sevilla!

By Sarah Goodyear | Jun 30, 2008 | 9 Comments

I was in Seville last week for the first time since February 2007, and in the intervening year there’s been something of a transportation revolution in the city. It’s most visibly evident in the Sevici bike-share bikes (bicis in Spanish) that are everywhere. The system launched in April 2007, and ultimately there will be 250 […]

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