i did a google search for "bike share". these are my findings:
david byrne's account of BIXI sept 5 2009
supposedly BIXI is coming to NYC soon.
journal entry contains photos of the bicycle and the payment system.
BIXI system
BICYCLE + TAXI = BIXI
more david byrne accounts of biking sept 11 2009, a la zack.
A Talking Head Dreams of a Perfect City Osaka's robot-run parking lots mixed with the Minneapolis lakefront; a musician's fantasy metropolis
Worst bike share according to Copenhagenize oct 2 2009
Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. - Wheels4Wellness
another good Copenhagenize blog post - this time, about the UN Climate Conference to be held in CPH. Apparently only 200 bikes will be lent to the 10,000 delegates expected. [By the way, the winner of the CPH Bike Share competition will be announced at the UN Climate Conference in CPH in December.] An excerpt to consider in the discussion of re-use and recycling:
"Listen... we scrap 400,000 bicycles each year in Denmark. Scrap 'em. Gone. Bye bye. The cities in Denmark are constantly removing bicycles from outside train stations. Many of them are sold at police auctions. Stolen bikes that are later found are given to the insurance company that now owns them. They don't know what to do with them. An organisation like Baisikeli has figured out that they can get a hold of them and send them to workshops in Africa. Copenhagen and Denmark could easily provide a few thousand bicycles. Even one bicycle for every delegate if we really put our mind to it. Plus bicycles for the press, the NGO's, the activists.There is no shortage of bicycles. Hell, we could dredge the canals of Copenhagen in one sweep and find bicycles enough for all the delegates from Australasia. Get them fixed up nice. The very first City Bikes in our bike share system were repaired and maintained at the bike shop at one of the prisons in the city. That's just one idea."
bike-sharing blog
international info on bike share programs
david byrne's account of BIXI sept 5 2009
supposedly BIXI is coming to NYC soon.
journal entry contains photos of the bicycle and the payment system.
BIXI system
BICYCLE + TAXI = BIXI
Subscription/payment information and web/smartphone application.
more david byrne accounts of biking sept 11 2009, a la zack.
A Talking Head Dreams of a Perfect City Osaka's robot-run parking lots mixed with the Minneapolis lakefront; a musician's fantasy metropolis
Worst bike share according to Copenhagenize oct 2 2009
Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. - Wheels4Wellness
another good Copenhagenize blog post - this time, about the UN Climate Conference to be held in CPH. Apparently only 200 bikes will be lent to the 10,000 delegates expected. [By the way, the winner of the CPH Bike Share competition will be announced at the UN Climate Conference in CPH in December.] An excerpt to consider in the discussion of re-use and recycling:
"Listen... we scrap 400,000 bicycles each year in Denmark. Scrap 'em. Gone. Bye bye. The cities in Denmark are constantly removing bicycles from outside train stations. Many of them are sold at police auctions. Stolen bikes that are later found are given to the insurance company that now owns them. They don't know what to do with them. An organisation like Baisikeli has figured out that they can get a hold of them and send them to workshops in Africa. Copenhagen and Denmark could easily provide a few thousand bicycles. Even one bicycle for every delegate if we really put our mind to it. Plus bicycles for the press, the NGO's, the activists.There is no shortage of bicycles. Hell, we could dredge the canals of Copenhagen in one sweep and find bicycles enough for all the delegates from Australasia. Get them fixed up nice. The very first City Bikes in our bike share system were repaired and maintained at the bike shop at one of the prisons in the city. That's just one idea."
bike-sharing blog
international info on bike share programs
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