Green Options » bike sharing http://greenoptions.com/tag/bike-sharing Posts tagged 'bike sharing' Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:17:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en #5 Paris, France: Great Bicycle City Photo Tour http://ecoworldly.com/2009/11/05/5-paris-france-great-bicycle-city-photo-tour/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/11/05/5-paris-france-great-bicycle-city-photo-tour/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:17:13 +0000 Zachary Shahan http://ecoworldly.com/2009/11/05/5-paris-france-great-bicycle-city-photo-tour/

From bicycle lovers to lovers on bikes, bike art to art on bikes, the largest bicycle sharing program in the world to some of the smallest bikers, enjoy this bicycle city photo tour of Paris, France!

Paris doesn’t have a long history as one of the best bicycle cities, but with the introduction of the largest bicycle sharing program in the world, bicycling in Paris has boomed and the city is becoming commonly associated with the bicycle now. Its whole culture is changing due to the bicycle’s increasing relevance in the city’s daily life.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/11/05/5-paris-france-great-bicycle-city-photo-tour/feed/ #8 Barcelona, Spain: Great Bicycle City Photo Tour http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/23/8-barcelona-spain-great-bicycle-city-photo-tour/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/23/8-barcelona-spain-great-bicycle-city-photo-tour/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:46:40 +0000 Zachary Shahan http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/23/8-barcelona-spain-great-bicycle-city-photo-tour/

Naked bicyclists, folding bikes, balloon bikes, and more — enjoy this bicycle photo tour of Barcelona.

The third B in a row, Barcelona is next on this list of great bicycle cities (right ahead of Basel, Switzerland and Bogota, Columbia). As a dense city with a wonderful climate, Barcelona is naturally a wonderful place for bicyclists. However, a lot has been done to make it more so. The biggest carrot encouraging bicycling, by far, is Barcelona’s relatively new bike sharing program — Bicing. This is perhaps the best or second best bike sharing program in the world. It is one of a new generation of sophisticated, smart bike sharing programs. Read more about it on page 2.

Beyond Bicing, the city is also working on creating new bicycling routes and bike parking and it hosts fun Bike Week celebrations every year in May. Also, it has been creating better infrastructure for bicyclists due to so many more people bicycling within the past few years. It is transforming itself into a truly world-leading bicycle city.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/10/23/8-barcelona-spain-great-bicycle-city-photo-tour/feed/ London Plans Bicycle Sharing Program http://ecoworldly.com/2009/05/03/london-plans-bicycle-sharing-program/ http://ecoworldly.com/2009/05/03/london-plans-bicycle-sharing-program/#comments Sun, 03 May 2009 11:56:52 +0000 The Guardian Environment Network http://ecoworldly.com/2009/05/03/london-plans-bicycle-sharing-program/ cycle-hire-scheme-artist-impressionLondon wants to allow cyclists to pick up one of 6,000 bikes at the 400 docking stations planned for the capital by 2010.

Londoners will soon be able to hire bikes in the centre of town for short journeys, under plans announced this week by the mayor, Boris Johnson.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2009/05/03/london-plans-bicycle-sharing-program/feed/ Can B Cycle get Americans out of their Cars and on to Bikes? http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/04/09/can-b-cycle-get-americans-out-of-their-cars-and-on-to-bikes/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/04/09/can-b-cycle-get-americans-out-of-their-cars-and-on-to-bikes/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:08:52 +0000 Paul Smith http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/04/09/can-b-cycle-get-americans-out-of-their-cars-and-on-to-bikes/ b cycle bike sharing stationBiking. For most American adults, it’s just not on the radar as a transportation option for more then casual use. B Cycle hopes to change that. And with the intersection of three powerful allies, an economy in trouble, and a population ready for and open to something different, now may be just the time for such an endeavor.

B Cycle is the marriage of the concept of car sharing, as exemplified by Zipcar and the like, but even more simplified for instant gratification, with an attractive retro futuristic solar powered docking station, coupled with additional information to give greater substance to the experience of using a bike, like how many calories you burned and how much carbon you offset vs. driving your car.

B Cycle has yet to launch, and they’re using the web to do some of their market research for them while encouraging demand and perhaps evangelism by people wanting to get it in their area:

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]]> http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/04/09/can-b-cycle-get-americans-out-of-their-cars-and-on-to-bikes/feed/ Pilot Bike-Sharing Program Announced for San Francisco http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/01/pilot-bike-sharing-program-announced-for-san-francisco/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/01/pilot-bike-sharing-program-announced-for-san-francisco/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:00:38 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/01/pilot-bike-sharing-program-announced-for-san-francisco/ San Francisco has just announced that it will go forward with a pilot bike-sharing program to help increase the number of trips taken by bicycle in our city. The program will be implemented by Clear Channel, the operator of SmartBikeDC, currently the only other bike-sharing program in the United States.

a bike-sharing station in Vienna, AustriaOne of many conveniently located bike-sharing stations in Vienna, Austria

Many city residents and bike enthusiasts are very disappointed that the proposed program will initially only have five stations, with roughly a dozen public use bikes at each. The five stations will not be in close proximity to each other, but will be spread across the city in the Financial District, Mission Bay, the Presidio, Civic Center and on the City College campus.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/02/01/pilot-bike-sharing-program-announced-for-san-francisco/feed/ The Twelve Days of sustainablog: Bibles, High Gas Prices, and Tent-based Traumas http://sustainablog.org/2008/12/27/the-twelve-days-of-sustainablog-bibles-high-gas-prices-and-tent-based-traumas/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/12/27/the-twelve-days-of-sustainablog-bibles-high-gas-prices-and-tent-based-traumas/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:42:23 +0000 Jeff McIntire-Strasburg http://sustainablog.org/2008/12/27/the-twelve-days-of-sustainablog-bibles-high-gas-prices-and-tent-based-traumas/ fourth of july picnicWhile July 2008 looked relatively normal in terms of Fourth of July celebrations and hot weather, $4 per gallon gas put a damper on that other summertime staple: the family road trip.

As you might imagine, we had a lot to say about that gas thing… but didn’t take a vacation from covering a wide range of topics.

July 2008