Articles tagged “bikeshare”

Ground Transport

A Robust Bikeshare Network Is Still Developing in U.S. Cities

Bikeshare networks will likely struggle to gain traction until they connect users to more intercity transportation options.

A Robust Bikeshare Network Is Still Developing in U.S. Cities

Tourism

Skift Podcast: Creating a Better City With Bike Shares and Smart Payments

Cities offer the ultimate platform for improving the quality of life for tens of millions of people. We pick up the discussion for this part 2.

Skift Podcast: Creating a Better City With Bike Shares and Smart Payments

Tourism

Indianapolis Has First U.S. Bikeshare Named After a Sports Team

Bikeshares across the U.S. don't compete with one another since locals and visitors will use whichever is in their destination, but creative branding could impact its pickup within the local community.

Indianapolis Has First U.S. Bikeshare Named After a Sports Team

Ground Transport

NYC Transport and Tourism Leaders Follow Bloomberg Out of Mayor Office

Bloomberg is planning to take the lessons learned from significantly changing New York City's physical landscape over the past 12 years to other cities in the U.S. and abroad. This means other cities might look more like the NYC of today than the city itself after a term under new leadership.

NYC Transport and Tourism Leaders Follow Bloomberg Out of Mayor Office

Airlines

6 Travel Challenges for New York City’s New Mayor

The city is an urban playground for visitors and locals alike and we'd like to see its new leader take inspiration from his sometimes dictatorial and always opinionated predecessor.

6 Travel Challenges for New York City’s New Mayor

Ground Transport

After Delays, Bay Area Bike Share to Launch August 29

Bay Area bicyclists can finally boast they're part of the sharing club, but may still have a bit of an inferiority complex until the program expands beyond this very modest first fleet.

After Delays, Bay Area Bike Share to Launch August 29

Ground Transport

How Mayor Bloomberg Changed The Way New York City Moves

It's tough to say that Bloomberg's lasting legacy will be New York City's transportation transformation with so many changes taking place in the past 12 years. We can say with confidence that the improvements are still just small steps towards insuring the city keeps pace with well-designed sustainable urban initiatives abroad.

How Mayor Bloomberg Changed The Way New York City Moves

Ground Transport

Paper helmets could be the secret to safer bikeshare programs

Whether or not these helmets will do the trick, it's a good time to get started the discussion of safety and bikeshares.

Paper helmets could be the secret to safer bikeshare programs

Ground Transport

The first month of NYC’s bike share program, according to mayor Bloomberg

The un-scientific eyes of Skift staffers can attest to the rapid adoption by a wide swath of users of the CitiBike program across Manhattan.

Ground Transport

Chicago launches Divvy bike-share program with 65 solar-powered stations

Divvy launched 2 weeks late, which is nothing in comparison to Citibike’s month-long delays, but now both cities are going through the growing pains of folding a boom of bikes into the daily commute at the same time.

Chicago launches Divvy bike-share program with 65 solar-powered stations