Articles tagged “bikes”

Once residents start shelling out the annual $95 fee for the long-delayed bike share, they should cognizant that’s it’s cheaper (and healthier) than yearly car upkeep or even an MTA card.

It’s clever to create a virtual network of bikes that don’t need to be docked in one place; however, the built-in GPS requires users to have a smartphone, which eliminates half its potential customers.

Google will reach a market of nearly 50 million smartphone users in India, and bringing Map Maker to countries with large rural regions like India helps Google get closer to mapping every road in the world.

The mobile feature comes one month after desktop biking directions were introduced, but is only available in 10 countries, presumably where there is the highest mileage of bike trails.

Although New Yorkers appreciate Mayor Bloomberg's effort to change the image of city streets through bike lanes and shares, most residents stick to yellow cabs or subways to navigate the crowded streets.

Alta Bicycle Share has promised more than they can deliver in planning North America's largest bike share system, but they've pulled it off in Boston and DC so the program should eventually succeed.

Colombia and Chile have the most cycling lanes so far, but many cities are introducing miles of new paths despite critics who ridicule the poorer cities' infrastructure and mock bikers for pretending to be European.