Stories

Equity through usability: Design students will study bike sharing

March 21, 2016

Understanding how people make transportation choices is crucial to better marketing bike share, and one group of researchers believes they can add to the industry’s collective knowledge

Registration now open for Better Bike Share Conference

March 14, 2016

Registration is now open for the Better Bike Share Conference in Philadelphia and attendees have until May 4 to take advantage of discounted early bird rates.

Electric assist might be bike share’s next big thing

March 7, 2016

The potential of electric pedal-assist bicycles to entice nervous and intimidated people into trying bike share is promising, but so far

5 cities without bike share just met to talk about bike share and equity

March 3, 2016

The Better Bike Share Partnership brought together influential people from five diverse cities that are planning to launch bike share within the next two years: Atlanta, Baltimore, Detroit, Los Angeles and Memphis.

On one man’s road to recovery, Capital Bikeshare beats the bus

February 18, 2016

It takes Abiesolom “Abi” Woldegedreal 45 minutes to an hour on the bus to get from his home in Columbia Heights to the CVS Pharmacy where he works. Luckily, he has a quicker commuting option—Capital Bikeshare.

Join us this June for a conference on bike share and equity

February 3, 2016

Equity in bike share can’t be achieved alone. That is why the Better Bike Share Partnership is bringing together the people who collectively can make it happen.

The equity component of bike share unions

January 28, 2016

Hiring minorities is nothing to celebrate if they don’t have a voice.

Some inspiring words on transportation as opportunity

January 20, 2016

At its best, transportation can have an even greater impact than delivering people to opportunity. It should also bring opportunity to them.

There’s more to celebrate with Portland bike share than just Nike

January 15, 2016

Portland’s bike share is taking shape. That’s exciting for residents who’ve been waiting almost a decade to get it, and it’s encouraging news for everyone who will benefit from equity initiatives being built into the system.

When it comes to working with partners, giving is as important as receiving

January 11, 2016

As the nation’s oldest community development corporation, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation has learned that partnerships must be two-way streets.