Stories

Helsinki bike share teamed with transit and ridership boomed instantly

July 11, 2016

Helsinki isn't known as a global bike capital. But the 500 bikes in its two-month-old sharing system are already among the most-ridden in all of Europe or the Americas.

How one nonprofit is selling bike share to Bed-Stuy: in the workplace

July 8, 2016

Restoration Corporation has now launched a new effort to help Brooklyn employers sign up for Citi Bike’s corporate subsidy program.

Better Bike Share Conference raises diverse voices, equity strategies

July 6, 2016

Bike share is so much more than a collection of docking stations and bicycles. Last month, the Better Bike Share Partnership hosted the Better Bike Share Conference in Philadelphia. More than 100 city officials, bike share operators,

6 graphic recordings from the Better Bike Share Conference

July 5, 2016

Ink Factory specializes in real-time graphic recordings of events

The first step in achieving equitable bike share: Acknowledging the elephants

June 30, 2016

How are we supposed to talk about equity when we don’t even have a shared definition half the time?

The Better Bike Share Conference: A tweet roundup

June 27, 2016

More than 100 people came together June 22-24, 2016 for the Better Bike Share Conference in Philadelphia. Here are some highlights, nuggets of wisdom and takeaways, as shared by attendees using the hashtag #bikeshare4all on Twitter.

How to run a successful Instagram “takeover” campaign

June 22, 2016

A picture is worth a thousand words, and for bike share systems it’s also good for customer conversion.

4 bike share equity lessons from Nice Ride

June 16, 2016

As one of the oldest bike share systems in the country, Nice Ride Minnesota has had more time than most to explore equity programming. Younger systems

College Park’s mBike brings accessible bikeshare to the region

June 8, 2016

Users who may be unable to ride a typical two-wheel bike without a modification can choose from two tricycles, two side-by-side bikes (similar to a tandem, but side by side), or one handcycle.

Active transportation, intersectionality and the importance of listening

June 7, 2016

Sometimes in our well-intentioned eagerness for solutions, we--planners, advocates, organizations and agencies--get ahead of ourselves.