Bikeshare
Ranking the U.S. Bikeshare Systems
Once a novelty, there are now bikeshare programs all over the country. Greater Greater Washington ranks 119 programs by size.
Portland Bikeshare Drawing Big Crowds in First Six Months
Users of Portland's Biketown bikeshare system are choosing to rent bikes instead of driving.
Bikeshare Competitor Warned Not to Come to San Francisco
Seattle, which will be losing it's bikeshare program after just over two years, may wish to have San Francisco's problem: a second bikeshare company wants to enter the marketplace, though without permits.
Seattle Pulls the Plug on its Bikeshare System
Seattle's bikeshare system, known as Pronto!, will shut down in March.
The Secret to Baltimore's Bikeshare Success: E-Bikes
Baltimore's still-new bike share system is off to a strong start, running 40 percent of its fleet on small electric motors.
Are Bikeshare Programs Successful?
Bikeshare programs were first introduced in the U.S. seven years ago. Outside Magazine investigates whether they "are actually benefiting cities and their residents."
Train Commuters Moving to Bikeshare in D.C.
Capital Bikeshare's ridership numbers are benefitting from delays and other service constraints resulting from WMATA's SafeTrack maintenance program.
An Early Win for Clinton on the Penultimate Day of Election
With Pennsylvania a battleground state and Philadelphia a Democratic stronghold, ensuring that transit-dependent voters get to the polls was a given, but a transit strike beginning Nov. 1 threatened to derail access. The strike was settled Monday.
Bikeshare Launches in Baltimore
It took six years and two returns from the dead, but Baltimore now has its own bike share system.
RTC Bike Share Shows Las Vegas' Bike-Friendly Side
An intrepid reporter took a tour of the new RTC Bike Share system in Las Vegas—along the way illustrating the bike-friendly realities of Sin City.
Bay Area Bike Share Renamed for New Sponsor: An Auto Company
The new, Detroit-based sponsor will help pay for a ten-fold expansion of the Bay Area's regional bike share program coming this spring and a new Palo Alto program. Low income residents will be offered discounted rates to join Bay Area Bike Share.
Pasadena Eases Into Bikeshare, Complete Streets
Located northeast of downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena is a "destination city" of its own. A recent push to make its streets more bike-friendly coincides with the upcoming arrival of bikeshare.
Conventional Bike Lanes Left These Cities Wanting More
A case is made in the Orange County, California, city of Garden Grove for protected bike lanes. And a new protected bike lane opens in Southern California's bike infrastructure capital, Long Beach.
The Surprising Results of Comparing Car Ownership Across Cities
Although most people could probably guess the cities where residents own the fewest cars per household, it's surprising to find that Seattle residents own more cars than Atlanta residents.
Bikeshare Goes Live in Portland
The long awaited arrival of bikeshare has become a reality in Portland, Oregon.
Toward an Equitable Bikeshare System
The Better Bike Share Conference convened in Philadelphia on June 22-24, 2016. Attendees gathered to find solutions for challenges of equity, social justice, and mobility in the country's emerging bikeshare infrastructure.
New Relay Bike Share System Latest Step Toward Atlanta's Multi-Modalism
Atlanta is the latest among a roster of cities offering bikeshare systems around the United States. Few of those cities, however, are so decidedly devoted to the automobile.
Tough Road Ahead for Dallas Bikeshare
A bikeshare program in Downtown Dallas is a non-starter unless it's entirely funded by private money.
L.A. Metro and City of Los Angeles to Launch Metro Bike Share on July 7
One thousand bikes will be available exclusively to Metro passholders who subscribe from July 7 to August 1, when the general public will be able to sign-up. Subscribers will use a single card to access both transit and Metro Bikes. Sponsor needed.
Meet Citi Bike's Top Users—Some Have Pedaled More than 4,000 Miles
Some users accrue more data than others.
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