Articles tagged “bikeshare”

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Citi Bike, like its home city, is among the largest in the world, and a successful launch with local pick-up would see the system expand to all five boroughs with the potential for changing the way NYC moves.