Comments on: D.C. Launches Bike-Sharing Program

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:08:45 +0000

Do they have any tandems available ?

By: Geoff

Geoff — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:06:42 +0000

This more like bike hire than bike sharing

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:43:35 +0000

What a great idea, I hope this catches on! Angela

By: Jason C

Jason C — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:00:00 +0000

Bike sharing programs have been around for a while. Nice to see it in D.C. As a cyclist AND an e-biker (yes I feel we have the same goals.....really), what I noticed was (possibly) the e-bike in the background while Alice Kelly was speaking.

By: Howard

Howard — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:50:50 +0000

Very cool! Though it may not, in fact, be the first of its kind, as my city, Fort Collins, Colorado, started up their own Bike Library in April, and has 81 bikes available for FREE! ... http://www.fcbikelibrary.org/

By: gwadzilla

gwadzilla — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:54:51 +0000

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By: Todd Edelman

Todd Edelman — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:40:00 +0000

Are these things located at transport hubs?

Bring your own helmet and lock? Are you kidding? This is the equivalent of telling Zip car users to bring their own seatbelts or airbags, though of course I agree that helmets should not be mandatory.

Regarding the 18 and over requirement, it seems like getting people at 15 would be a great way to get them out of the driver's seat before they get in it. C'mon lawyers, can't you arrange something?

Also, wondering what Clear Channel is getting out of this... in particular any automobile advertisement opportunities.

By: Scott for npGREENWAY

Scott for npGREENWAY — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:51:31 +0000

Very cool. Thanks for the reconnaissance mission, StreetFilms! I wish it was operational when I was their earlier this year. I guess I'll have to hold out until BikeSharing is available here in Portland.

She made a comparison to Zipcar... Now if I could just get Zipcar to redistribute their cars around to different stations so I could make one way trips around town... THAT would be cool...

Nice job DC.

By: fafacious

fafacious — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:25:16 +0000

Listen up NYC...launch big, ya hear? DC did it first, but we can do it bigger and better. Let's get on it...Bike Share for NYC!

And one more thing, the Streetfilms crew sure did get hooked up with some sweet looking patriotic helmets for their ride in the nation's capital.

By: Gargamel Tralfaz

Gargamel Tralfaz — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:36:04 +0000

What a lovely bunch of people riding bikes.