bicycle

E-bike sharing comes to San Francisco

February 8, 2012
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Soon San Francisco residents and visitors will be able to rent electric bicycles from the nonprofit City CarShare thanks to a grant from FHWA.

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Calgary reluctantly considers bike-sharing

February 8, 2012
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By an 8-7 vote, the Calgary City Council agreed to consider a bicycle-sharing program, defeating a measure that would have delayed any planning until 2014.

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Bike sharing planned for San Francisco Bay Area

February 6, 2012
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San Francisco and four cities in Silicon Valley will launch the region’s first bicycle-sharing system in July.

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Capital Bikeshare sets sights on suburbs

February 3, 2012
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Capital Bikeshare, with more than 140 stations in the District of Columbia and Arlington (VA), will expand into Rockville and Alexandria this summer.

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MBTA and Boston launch apps challenge to link transit with bikes . . . and lunch

January 13, 2012

The MBTA and the City of Boston launched a developers challenge for apps that highlight connections between the MBTA and Boston’s bikeshare program.

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Students design vending machine for bike helmets

January 2, 2012

A group of MIT students has designed a vending machine to dispense helmets for riders of Hubway, Boston’s bicycle-sharing system.

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Boston bicycle-sharing program to expand in spring

November 28, 2011

Hubway, the Boston bicycle-sharing program, shuts down for the winter this week but will reopen next March with new stations in neighboring communities.

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The Mo System — One app for all

November 7, 2011

Mo System, a Munich start-up, wants subscribers to use public transportation or rent bicycles and cars with a single card and earn rewards for doing so.

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TriMet gets ready to launch open-source trip planner

October 7, 2011

TriMet (OR) unveiled the public beta for its new open-source multimodal trip planner this week, with the official launch scheduled for October 15.

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Chicago seeks to launch bikeshare program

September 22, 2011

Chicago DOT issued an RFP for a large-scale bicycle-sharing program, with a goal of 3,000 bikes by July 2012 and 2,000 more over the next two years.

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