5 Posts Tagged as: Bike Share

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D.C.’s DOT Director talks “Transportation Freedom”

by Clarence Eckerson, Jr. on July 2, 2009 | 1,524 Plays

Meet Gabe Klein who was appointed new director of Washington D.C.'s Department of Transportation (DDOT) in December 2008.

D.C. Launches Bike-Sharing Program

by Elizabeth Press on August 22, 2008 | 9,388 Plays

Last week the first North American public bike-share program debuted in Washington D.C. With 120 bikes at 10 self-service racks, SmartBike DC officially launched.

Vélib’

by Elizabeth Press on July 15, 2008 | 22,303 Plays

On July 15, 2007 Paris debuted the world's largest self-service "bicycle transit system" called Vélib outdoing previously designed bike share programs. Vélib is a balance of scale and functionality, clocking in with more than 20,000 bikes, and 1,451 docking stations, which are never more than 1,000 feet apart. As a result, Vélib is effectively a new form of public transportation.

How Bike Share Might Be?

by Elizabeth Press on July 11, 2008 | 4,182 Plays

Yesterday, the New York Bike-Share Project launched a five day bike share demonstration in New York City.

Bike Share on Governors Island

by Elizabeth Press on June 12, 2008 | 5,774 Plays
Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC), Transportation Alternatives and Bike and Roll have joined forces to create what they are calling New York City's first sustained bike share program. Every Friday between June 6th and October 4th, Governors Island visitors can rent adult and children's bikes at no charge.