Bike Share. Plan B Updates - 112: Bike-Sharing Programs Hit the Streets in Over 500 Cities Worldwide. April 25, 2013 Bike-Sharing Programs Hit the Streets in Over 500 Cities Worldwide Janet Larsen Politicians, lobbyists, and tourists alike can ride bicycles along a specially marked lane between the White House and the U.S. Capitol, part of the 115 miles of bicycle lanes and paths that now crisscross Washington, DC. In Copenhagen, commuters can ride to work following a “green wave” of signal lights timed for bikers.
Residents in China’s “happiest city,” Hangzhou, can move easily from public transit onto physically separated bike tracks that have been carved out of the vast majority of roadways. Cyclists have long entreated drivers to “share the road.” Today more than 500 cities in 49 countries host advanced bike-sharing programs, with a combined fleet of over 500,000 bicycles. Vélib’ was launched in 2007 with 10,000 bicycles at 750 stations, and it quickly doubled in size. Meanwhile, programs were popping up throughout Italy and Spain like mushrooms after a rainfall. The Bike-sharing Blog. The Bike-sharing World Map. World City Bike Strategies - Index.
Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space. ----------- Also see the addendum from the next day, ""Top 10" transportation stories: continued. " ----------- So the Washington Post's Dr. Gridlock writes in "The D.C. region's transportation top 10 for 2012: Breaking through some bottlenecks," listing: 1. Opening of High Occupancy Toll Lanes in Northern Virginia. 6.
This is important too because of all the f*****g whining by motor vehicle users about taking away a parking-traffic lane. The so-called war on drivers is less about bicyclists and transit users and more about entitled cry babies--motor vehicle operators--not wanting or being willing to share admittedly scarce roadway space--note that fewer than 150 parking spots were lost in favor of the cycletrack while there are thousands of off-street parking places located within one block on either side of L Street NW.
This is the first high quality cycle track on a regular DC street. R Street NW at 7th Street NW. 7. Suggested additions to Dr. Dr. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 11. Real-time Dynamic BSS maps, O. O'Brien. OBIS. Project Background OBIS (Optimising Bike Sharing in European Cities) was developed as a result of the ‘Big Bang’ in bike sharing – namely the start of Vélib’ in Paris and Bicing in Barcelona in 2007. With the help of European funding from the Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI) within the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme, the project gave 16 partners from nine countries the opportunity to assess Bike Sharing Schemes (BSSs) all over Europe.
OBIS started in September 2008 and ended three years later in August 2011. Aims and Objectives The aim of the consortium was to: share knowledge; collect relevant information about more than 50 schemes; carry out innovative demonstration activities within the participating countries; and first and foremost, compile and publish the results of this intensive work to share it with all relevant stakeholders in the field. Target Groups.