Living Car Free - Want to Get Public Bike Sharing in Your Town or City?

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PigGirl
10-22-09, 11:33 AM
Do you like the green / health benefits of cycling, but are concerned about the safety of biking in your city? Would you like to see your city made more safe and convenient for cycling? If you care about bicycles and the urban landscape (and we hope most of you do!), then be sure to JOIN US today at 3:30pm est to talk to Boston Bike Czar Nicole Freedman. We’ll be discussing Boston’s new bike initiatives, including the new bike sharing program - which will put 3000 rentable cycles on the streets of Boston to enhance public wellbeing.

I'm still pretty jealous that Boston is getting a bike sharing program and NYC is not, but we can definitely find out how to go about getting one here or in any city by participating in this talk:

http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/10/22/dont-miss-our-live-webinar-with-boston-bike-czar-nicole-freedman-today-at-330pm-est/

Cheers!

Ritterview
10-22-09, 11:46 AM
We’ll be discussing Boston’s new bike initiatives, including the new bike sharing program - which will put 3000 rentable cycles on the streets of Boston to enhance public wellbeing.


But how many of these will be tandems?
swc7916
10-22-09, 01:52 PM
What's this doing on this forum? Could someone remove it please?

AllenG
10-22-09, 07:35 PM
Moved to LCF
gerv
10-23-09, 08:05 AM
I've always wondered how bike sharing would work longterm. We don't have such a program in my community, but the local bike co-op does do daily or weekly rentals and that works out pretty good if you are travelling or need a bunch of bikes for an event. Also, the rates are pretty good, since the bikes are all used.
folder fanatic
11-12-09, 10:21 PM
What's this doing on this forum? Could someone remove it please?

I thought this is the "Living Car Free" Forum. That means that bike access in any form should be discussed right here as using bikes might involve both public (bike sharing) and privately (yours) owned bikes when you want to ride. Personally I don't think that these programs would work anyways. People don't respect or take care of something that is "free" or "shared" in my view. Look at how men treat "cheap" & "easy" females for example.