The bikesharing thread

[202_Cyclist]

Originally Posted by tateyb

Cool! It's funny/interesting that Zipcar is one of the founding sponsors.

Bike-share is entirely compatible with Zipcar, since car-sharing programs help encourage people to live without owning a car. If you don't own a car, you're more likely to use both car-share and bike-share programs. These compliment each other.

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Portland says bike share coming in 2016, names bicycle supplier

Read More: http://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/...are_comin.html

Portland plans to roll out a long-delayed bike rental program, perhaps as soon as next summer. Portlanders have heard that before. But with a corporate sponsor still proving elusive, the city has decided to forge ahead with a scaled back version of the system described in 2012.

City transportation officials will announce the program Wednesday, and the Portland City Council will review the plans next week. The reworked proposal calls for a 600-bike fleet supplied by Social Bicycles, Inc., or SoBi, of New York. That's 150 fewer bikes than proposed in 2012, when the city signed a contract with Alta Bicycle Share, now under new ownership and rebranded as Motivate Co. It will cost just over $2 million at launch, paid for with federal grant money. Operations are intended to be self-sufficient through user fees and, eventually, sponsorships.

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[mrnyc]

jersey city nj did not go in with hoboken and went with nyc styled citibikes instead -- which they just rolled out -- lots of pics:

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2..._the_most.html

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Bike sharing program poised for major expansion

Read More: http://blog.chron.com/thehighwayman/...jor-expansion/

Houston area officials are investing hundreds of millions of dollars into widening Interstate 45, and they could be paying much more for even larger upcoming projects along the corridor. But a comparatively-paltry sum is about to boost bike sharing in Houston in a big way.

The same transportation improvement plan aiming $140 million at I-45 includes $4.7 million meant to expand the B-Cycle program in the city. The plan is set for discussion Friday by the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Transportation Policy Council. The money, including a 21 percent match from B-Cycle, will add stations in the Texas Medical Center and Rice Village in one phase, increase density in the downtown and Midtown area from the Med Center in another, before expanding east and southeast to EaDo and the University of Houston and Texas Southern University area.

“By the time this is finished, our goal is to go from 29 stations and 210 bikes to 100 stations with 800 bikes,” said Will Rub, director of Houston B-Cycle. From very slow-goings in 2013, the system has enjoyed success after its first major expansion, funded largely by $750,000 from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. More than tripling the station and bike offerings significantly builds on that. “We are still being cautiously optimistic, but are happy to see that we are one step closer,” Rub said.

Having 800 bikes at Houston kiosks would build on what supporters have said is strong use of the bikes by Houston residents and visitors. From January to July, more than 60,000 bike checkouts occurred. The theory, following on similar reaction in Denver, is more stations and bikes exponentially increase use, provided the stations are where people want to go. “Exact locations will be based on providing the best possible continuity of the program with input from various management districts, the City of Houston, (Metropolitan Transit Authority) and community input,” Rub said.

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[mrnyc]

more city bike news from the cle:



Cleveland's bike share system could have hundreds of bicycles by spring


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Max Goldberg, Fleet Manager for Zagster, organizes brand-new bicycles at their bike station in the alley between the Market Garden Brewery and the West Side Market in Ohio City on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014. Zagster, a company that runs a bike-share program, will eventually set up six different bike stations within Ohio City. Bicyclists can rent a bicycle through an app, which gives riders a code to unlock the bike to use throughout the city. The seven-speed bikes have a basket in the front and also a bell. Different area businesses have sponsored the bike-share effort that rolls out tomorrow at noon.


September 28, 2015 at 1:15 PM, updated September 28, 2015 at 3:56 PM


CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland is moving closer to getting a large bike sharing network, with invitations going out to 12 vendors today, seeking bids on setting up a system of hundreds of rental bikes by May 31.

Last year's pilot launch of bike sharing in Cleveland was led and underwritten by local businesses and so far has resulted in 70 bikes at 14 stations. Users check out bikes at any station and return them to any other station in the network. (See here for details on how it works.)

The expansion getting underway now comes with $446,000 in seed money, a combination of federal grants and local match dollars, with the goal of bringing 300 to 400 rental bikes to Cleveland by spring.

And vendors are being asked to come up with a fundraising strategy to grow even further, to 700 bikes docked at 70 stations, concentrated downtown and in University Circle, followed by an extension to other parts of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County over five years.

The near-term goal is to get a bigger bike share network in place by the time tens of thousands of delegates and others arrive in Cleveland next summer for Republicans' selection of a presidential nominee.

But while the GOP convention is a catalyst for a brisk rollout, that's not the big picture going forward. Proponents want to weave bike sharing into the fabric of the city, for short trips, fitness, recreation and exploration.

"What we're hoping will happen is this is going to create a whole new form of public transportation," said Jacob Van Sickle, executive director of Bike Cleveland.

Bike Cleveland partnered with Cuyahoga County's Department of Sustainability to secure the federal funding through the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency. They'll consider a variety of ownership and operations models from bidders. The request for proposals is going to companies that have a proven record of operating systems in other cities

Cleveland's pilot program, for example, operated by Zagster, uses light-framed "Breezer" bikes at low, fairly conventional bike racks. Networks in Washington D.C., Manhattan and Columbus, Ohio, use heavier bikes and have more elaborate checkout systems with kiosks.

A Zagster spokesman could not be immediately reached to find out how rentals are going so far in Cleveland. Van Sickle said he didn't have the numbers. But the track record of bike shares in Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, plus the feasibility study commissioned by the city of Cleveland in 2013, show the Cleveland expansion will fly, he said.

It won't be clear until Bike Cleveland and the county decide on an operator exactly how many bikes will be positioned around town next year. Bike share companies have until Oct. 19 to submit proposals, with the vendor selection coming by Oct. 30. The goal is to have a network that can operate without public dollars after five years.

"This puts a team on the ground, helps them start to purchase equipment and do fundraising going forward," said Mike Foley, the county's sustainability director.

Bike sharing adds an inexpensive, pollution-free, healthy form of transportation to the urban mix, he said.

University Circle and downtown Cleveland are being targeted first because of their density of jobs, housing, entertainment spots and schools.

But the focus won't be limited to thriving commercial centers. Expanding bike sharing to residential neighborhoods, including disadvantaged parts of the city, is part of the plan.

"We want to make sure it's open to people of all income levels," Van Sickle said. That push includes having bike share companies propose check-out systems that accept not just credit cards but also library cards, bus passes and university IDs.

A sampling of other specifications includes:

A requirement for data security, especially for financial data, user names and 
addresses.
High durability of all system components, including 
use of corrosion- and graffiti-resistant material. Making sure the system functions well in Midwest weather conditions.
A plan for making bike share an extension of Cleveland's public transit network.

Creating a system that is financially sustainable, transparently operated and accountable to the public. The vendor must cover all operating expenses without assistance by using a range of private, state and federal funding sources.

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index...county_article

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Bike-sharing program gets going in Santa Monica, Venice; more areas to follow

Read More: http://www.latimes.com/local/califor...111-story.html

After years of false starts in bringing bike-sharing programs to Los Angeles County, supporters celebrated the launch Thursday of the region’s first fully functioning program serving Santa Monica and neighboring Venice.

- But potential kinks remain to be ironed out as more such programs spread across the region in the next several years. Most notably, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is pushing forward with a separate bike-share program, using different bikes and a different payment model, prompting concerns that dual systems could confuse or frustrate consumers.

- Santa Monica’s program, Breeze Bikeshare, is deploying 500 bright-green rental bikes at 75 racks in Santa Monica and four in neighboring Venice, in the city of Los Angeles. The service is intended for short, point-to-point trips rather than all-day rentals. Customers will pick up a bicycle from a Breeze kiosk, or a nearby bicycle rack, and can drop it off at a rack near their destination. During a two-month test phase, the average ride lasted 15 to 20 minutes and spanned a little more than a mile.

- Bike-share systems in some major U.S. cities, including Chicago and New York, rely on kiosks where users must pay their rental fee and can unlock a bicycle. The bikes must be returned to one of the program’s kiosks. Those systems have encountered problems and the majority have been unprofitable. Some, like New York's CitiBike, have faced unexpectedly high operational costs for maintenance and redistributing bikes to empty docking stations.

- In Santa Monica, the shared bikes are equipped with GPS and a scanner that will read pre-purchased membership cards or Metro’s fare cards. The bikes can, in theory, be left at any rack in the city, which could eliminate the need to redistribute bikes to docking stations. Users will pay an extra $2 if they don’t return the bikes to special rental racks.

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Bike-Share, Meet Canoe-Share

Read More: http://www.citylab.com/commute/2015/...-share/415260/

In the Twin Cities, shared transportation is headed off-road: The National Park Service is planning a combination canoe- and bike-share pilot, scheduled to launch next year. The project will open a short stretch of the Mississippi River to increased recreational use with canoe/bike stations at appropriate launch points (probably three of them).

In combination with existing trails, restrooms, and Nice Ride Minnesota bike-share stations, the shared boats will allow amateur paddlers to craft a multimodal water-based outing—perhaps involving a canoe trip downstream, a break for a picnic lunch, and a bike ride back to the point of origin—without investing in expensive equipment. --- The idea for the canoe- and bike-share came to Susan Overson as an “a-ha” moment in the middle of a larger planning effort. Overson is a landscape architect and park planner for the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (Mississippi NRRA), administered by the park service.

With funding from NPS and retailer REI, and additional support from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Overson had been working on developing a system of “alternative gateways” to the Mississippi—activity-centered points of access that are easy to reach without a car. Meanwhile, she had connected with Mark Riverblood, the parks superintendent for the city of Ramsey, about 30 miles northwest of Minneapolis. --- Riverblood oversees a small but thriving canoe- and kayak-share program at Ramsey’s Sunfish Lake Park. “It seemed like the infrastructure was in place to develop a pilot project using the canoe-share Mark had already developed, with a biking component,” Overson says. “From there, it took off.”

The pilot, which carries a total price tag of approximately $150,000, involves three components: bike-share (using the existing Nice Ride system); canoe-share, with six or eight boats at each station; and ADA-accessible docks. Money for the boats themselves was not included in the National Park Service grant of $132,000, says Overson, but REI has promised $20,000 and is interested in donating equipment.

With the money in place, Overson is focused on the critical details of the plan. The first has to do with how users access the boats. One (more expensive) option would involve custom canoe/kayak stations integrated with a smartphone app. Users could view availability and reserve boats ahead of time, then unlock them using a digital pass. Another possibility is a more spontaneous system like that at Sunfish Lake Park, where boats are available during park hours on a first-come, first-served basis.

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[drumz0rz]

I'm greatly disappointed that Jersey City and Hoboken chose to go separate ways on bike share. Originally, the two plus Weehawken were supposed to go in together for a unified system.

Jersey City made the decision to go with Citi Bike, which I think was a very smart move. The memberships are fully compatible with NY's Citi Bike program. That means you can live in JC, grab a bike and ride it to the PATH, then grab another bike on the other side and ride it to work. Not having to pay for and manage two different services makes living in JC all that more attractive.

Hoboken went ahead with it's bike share which is very different and incompatible with the Citi Bike system. In Hoboken, the bikes have built in bike locks allowing riders to lock them up basically anywhere and find them via GPS and a smart phone app. That system definitely has some advantages over the Citi Bike system where you are forced to use the racks. For example, say you want to run to the grocery store and pick up a few supplied for dinner. With Citi Bike, you have to find the nearest dock and ride to the dock closest to the store. With Hoboken's system, you find a bike and can lock it up right outside the store. I do wonder though if you can lock a bike up without "checking it back in" or would someone be able to come snipe the bike from you while you're in the store?

All in all though, the fact that they went with different systems is annoying and inconvenient. JC has installed Citi Bike racks in the heights, but these bikes cannot be ridden down to the Hoboken PATH. Instead you'd have to ride to the 9th St elevator, then catch a Light Rail. Definitely not ideal. Likewise, Hoboken's system has seven areas outside Hoboken where you can lock up for free such as Newport and Exchange Place in Jersey City, both spots served by Citi Bike. While it's great that a Hoboken resident can ride to his office in these areas and lock up, the fact that he can't ride back (unless the bike stays put all day) since the available Citi Bikes can't go into Hoboken defeats the purpose of the programs.

Hoboken:

Jersey Citi Bike:

[skyfan]

Plan to put 350 bikes on streets in Detroit gets backer

Detroit’s public bike share program has a title sponsor.

Henry Ford Health System/Health Alliance Plan has pledged a three-year commitment to the program that is expected to launch next year in a city that has seen interest in biking soar in recent years.

“It’s a tangible way of improving the health and wellness of the community and because of that we believe it is a worthy investment,” said Brenda Craig, spokeswoman for Henry Ford Health System.

Officials declined to say how much money the commitment represents. Lisa Nuszkowski, executive director of Detroit Bike Share for the Downtown Detroit Partnership, said the program, which will start with 350 bicycles at 35 stations around greater downtown, is expected to cost about $2 million to launch and $1 million annually to operate. Nuszkowski earlier said more than $2 million had already been raised.

The announcement of the program was reported by the Free Press in August

http://www.freep.com/story/news/loca...nsor/75797126/

[miniviews]

http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/n...utions-as.html

After collecting public input, Bikeshare Hawaii on Tuesday announced its partnership with PBSC Urban Solutions for the upcoming bike-sharing system in Honolulu.

The system, which is expected to launch in 2016, will be provided by the company that has the largest bicycle-sharing fleet in the world.

The Honolulu system will initially include about 2,000 bikes at 200 stations from Waikiki to Chinatown, covering about 7.2 square miles. The stations will be about one to two blocks apart.

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Yet More Evidence Bike-Share Isn't Reaching the Poor

Read More: http://www.citylab.com/politics/2016...ransit/424656/

Earlier this month, the chairs of the Congressional Bike Caucus introduced a bipartisan bill (#faints) called the “Bikeshare Transit Act.” By designating bike-share systems as public transportation, the legislation would make them clearly eligible for federal funding—something that’s currently a gray area. U.S. cities could then use this money for equipment, station technology, and cycling facilities to make a bike-share system even better.

If the bill becomes law it would serve as welcome recognition by federal officials of an increasingly popular urban travel mode. And from a mobility standpoint it’s not a stretch to consider bike-share a complementary part of established bus and rail networks. But the designation raises some flags from an equity standpoint, because to date bike-share systems have done a pretty awful job helping the very populations that rely on transit most: the urban poor.

Existing studies have tracked income disparities among bike-share users in the Twin Cities, Salt Lake City, Toronto, and Washington, D.C. Compelling as the data have been, that’s a pretty limited sample. But some new work by Julia Ursaki and Lisa Aultman-Hall of the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center extends the social analysis to seven U.S. cities.

Seattle, Denver, Chicago, Boston, New York, D.C., and Arlington, Virginia. Unfortunately that wider net gets snagged just like the others. Every city involved in the study suffered an equity problem with regards to race, income, or education—with four showing disparities on all three metrics. --- This study provides quantitative measures that backup many recent suggestions and concerns that there are equity and access issues relation to bikeshare system design and station location. A statistically significant difference in the race, education level, and income was found [in] Chicago, Denver, Seattle and New York City.

Boston did not show differences in the means of age or education, but it did show race and income disparities. Washington DC and Arlington were the most equitable among the variables and cities in this study, but did show differences in household income variables. In all cases, the traditionally more disadvantaged groups had less access to bikeshare.

The paper (presented at last week’s TRB meeting) crunches a bunch of demographic numbers on bike-share members and the general population to reach its conclusion. The easiest to digest, while still echoing the larger findings, is a simple comparison of bike-share access by key markers of race, education, and income. The term access here was defined as living within 500 meters (0.3 miles) of a bike-share station.

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Lightweight and Electric Bikes Could Be Coming to Your Local Bikeshare System

Read More: http://bigthink.com/robert-montenegr...ome-new-models

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PBSC Urban Solutions, the company that supplies bikes and stations for New York's CitiBike and DC's Capital Bikeshare (among others), made a splash last week at the Velo-City world cycling conference in Taipei, where it introduced its new family of next-generation bicycles.

- Along with its familiar ICONIC model, the stout bikes already in use in over a dozen cities around the world, PBSC unveiled a smaller, lighter alternative called the FIT, as well as a new electric model — the BOOST. The move to expand the fleet came after discussions with smaller cities and cities with hills that requested more options for riders. --- The FIT is billed as a lighter version of the ICONIC model, offering better maneuverability than its older, larger companion. One of the main criticisms of bikeshare systems is that the bikes themselves tend to be bulky, part of the reason why they're also so resilient. The downside is that it's difficult to pedal uphill with 45 lbs. of metal — resilient or not — dragging you down. The lightweight FIT should definitely make things easier for riders in hilly locales.

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[mrnyc]

i would like them, but not sure if we will see these lighter bikes. i would imagine they would be easier to steal or break? not sure though -- i guess we will see at some point since its the same company that makes the original citi-bikes.

what we more likely wont see in nyc is the motorized version. those are illegal and the cops started cracking down on them last summer (along with hooverboards). they are mostly used by restaurant delivery staff:

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.2279900

[initiald]

Raleigh city council just approved funding for a bikeshare program. I'm not sure if they are going to go with B-cycle like Charlotte or another operator yet.

[202_Cyclist]

Baltimore is set to award a bike-share contract

Rick Seltzer
Baltimore Business Journal
March 14, 2016

"A Canadian company specializing in electrically assisted bicycle systems is about to receive a $2.4 million contract to run a bike-share system in Baltimore.

Baltimore's Board of Estimates is expected to approve Wednesday a contract that will have St. Georges, Quebec-based Bewegen Technologies Inc. designing, installing, operating and maintaining a new bike-share system. Bike shares have riders paying a fee to check out bicycles from docking stations placed around cities.

Bewegen advertises bicycles built with electric-assist motors giving riders a boost as they pedal over hills or across long distances. Electrically assisted bike shares are relatively new and uncommon in the U.S. Bewegen rolled out an electric-assist bike-share system this fall in Birmingham, Ala., that it billed as the first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere..."

http://m.bizjournals.com/baltimore/n...-contract.html

[mrnyc]

citibikes had a record breaking year of 10m riders with only 460 stations:

http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/ma...icle-1.2481960

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A new study looks at why bike share is so much safer than regular biking

Read More: http://www.vox.com/2016/4/3/11349856/bike-share-safety

PDF Report: http://transweb.sjsu.edu/PDFs/resear...cle-safety.pdf

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The report's authors interviewed both riders and a variety of experts from transportation departments across the country. They came to a few broad conclusions for why riding a bike-share bike seemed to be consistently safer than riding a personal bike:

• Bikes in public bike-sharing systems tend to be heavier and feature wider tires, making them sturdier and better able to deal with bumpy roads and potholes (a leading cause of cyclist-only crashes). The bikes also have fewer gears and are incredibly clunky, making it hard for riders to go very fast. And they feature drum brakes, which work better when it's wet out. On top of that, the bikes tend to be painted with bright colors and feature flashing lights, making it easier for cars to see the riders. And the seat forces the rider to stay upright — again, improving visibility.

• Bike-share stations are disproportionately concentrated in downtowns with lower average road speeds and lots of pedestrians — that is, places where drivers tend to be more alert. This matters: The authors argue that car-bike collisions become much more likely when cars are going faster than 30 mph. And driver inattention is a common factor in crashes.

• "A few experts said that bikesharing tended to attract people who may be new riders to cycling or infrequent riders," the report says. "These experts said that users who were less experienced were more apt to be cautious, defensive riders and be risk-averse." (Not everyone agreed with this, though. Other experts thought that the inexperience of riders could sometimes be a hazard.)

• One thing we know is that bike-share riders use helmets at a far lower rate than regular cyclists. But that doesn't seem to make the bike-share bikes more crash-prone. Who knows? It might even help — people have argued about this for a long time. One hypothesis is that drivers behave more carefully around cyclists who aren't wearing helmets.

• Some transportation experts have long suggested there's a safety-in-numbers effect in biking — the more cyclists there are on the road, the more cautious drivers are. But the authors of the MTI report couldn't find much evidence for this in the data. In both the Bay Area and Washington, DC, overall collisions are pretty tightly correlated with the number of cyclists on the road. Maybe we haven't hit the tipping point just yet.

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[mrnyc]

citibike winter ridership news:

http://www.amny.com/transit/citi-bik...ths-1.11589286

[mrnyc]

expansion of cleveland bike sharing with a new system for downtown and university circle:


Cleveland's bike sharing program to cruise into town this summer


May 19, 2016 at 10:25 AM, updated May 19, 2016 at 12:48 PM

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A new bike sharing program is coming to downtown Cleveland and University Circle in mid-July, just in time for the onslaught of visitors converging on the city for the Republican National Convention.

The program will be the first installment in what will become a comprehensive countywide bike sharing system that will give two-wheeled transit to the masses.

Named UHBikes after title sponsor University Hospitals, the program will deliver at least 700 bikes at 70 rental stations by 2020, said Mike ­Foley, director of sustainability for Cuyahoga County. Of those, 100 to 125 bikes should be available within the first two weeks of July and another 100 to 125 should be on the road sometime in August as part of the first phase of the multi-year rollout plan.

"We're trying to get a portion of the bikes out for the RNC. We'll see the rest come out in August," Foley said.

Cleveland in November selected CycleHop-SoBi, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based bike share company, as the vendor for the program. CycleHop, which runs similar programs in Tampa, Beverly Hills and Phoenix, provides bikes with GPS and locking systems on board that let users end rides wherever they want, rather than solely at the rental stations.

While the pricing system still is in the works, Foley estimates that a 30-minute bike rental could cost $3 to $5. A final pricing plan should be decided by mid-June. Users will be able to rent bikes using the CycleHop app or with a credit card or other access card.

"We're trying to make this as equitable as possible," Foley said. "There will be more access than just credit cards or smart phones."

Organizers are working with the library system to develop some form of access card linked to a library account to allow people who don't have credit cards to use the bike share system.

The first phase will put bikes primarily downtown and in University Circle, but also in surrounding neighborhoods like Ohio City and Tremont.

Phase two of the program will involve securing station funding to create new rental sites where there are sponsors willing to cover the cost. That will help move the program out of the high population centers chosen for the initial rollout and into more outlying areas, Foley said.

Ultimately, Foley wants to see the bike share system supplement the area's existing transportation infrastructure and for it to work as a first- and last-mile connector to the area's trains and buses.



A New Spin on Bike Sharing

UHBikes is not Cleveland's first experience with bike sharing. Zagster, a Cambridge-Mass.-based company, has worked with local businesses in recent years to set up a handful of bike sharing stations in the city.

That system served as a way to test if Cleveland could support bike sharing, said Jacob VanSickle, executive director of Bike Cleveland.

"Certainly that proved to be a yes with Zagster, which helped to put fire under our butts to put a more formal system in place," VanSickle said.

The UHBikes system, he said, could give the city the momentum it needs to improve cyclability in the region. As more people turn to bikes, the increased volume of ridership could give cyclists more of a voice.

"It's kind of a chicken and an egg with bikeshare," VanSickle said. "Our goal is to get it on the ground and use that to push for safer streets."

Similarly, UH opted to sponsor the program as a way to promote cycling, which it sees as a way to create a healthier community, said Sarah O'Keeffe, sustainability manager for University Hospitals.

"The decision to sponsor the bike share system at that level came about because of our health mission," O'Keefe said.

In addition to UH's sponsorship, the program also received $357,000 in federal funding through the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, as well as local dollars from the Saint Luke's Foundation, the George Gund Foundation, Destination Cleveland, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, the City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and Donna and Stewart Kohl.


more:
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index...art_river_home

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1,000 New Divvy Bikes Are Headed To Chicago's South And West Sides
by Mae Rice in News on May 20, 2016 4:55 pm


'The South and West Sides are about to get 1,000 new Divvy bikes and an unspecified number of new Divvy stations, Chicago's Department of Transportation (CDOT) and Divvy announced Friday. The new stations will be installed in coming weeks as part of a citywide Divvy expansion plan announced in January.

The stations' exact locations are "still being finalized," a CDOT spokesperson told Chicagoist. The bikes, however, have already arrived at Divvy's Pilsen warehouse.

The expansion—which will take Divvy to Austin, Garfield Park, Burnside, Chatham, Greater Grand Crossing, Brighton Park and Englewood, as well as some suburbs—appears to be driven by demand. Divvy riding is up 48 percent year-to-date since 2016, according to Divvy. All told, since the bike-sharing program launched in June of 2013, Divvy bikers have taken 7 million trips across the city. Somewhat miraculously, there have also been zero fatalities associated with the program........'

http://chicagoist.com/2016/05/20/100...outh_and_w.php

DNAInfo has elaborated, and that 1,077 bikes and 85 new stations will be added.

https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/2016...st-south-sides