Stories

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.

6 bike share equity ideas from 2015 (and trends to watch in 2016)

December 31, 2015

With 2015 coming to a close, let’s take a look back at the past year in bike share and equity.

Bike share needs enthusiastic ambassadors. Here's one.

December 17, 2015

When her mom gifted her a bicycle, Keola Harrington’s knee-jerk reaction was, I’m not riding this on Philadelphia streets.

Bublr embraces Milwaukee winters in the name of equity, accessibility

December 8, 2015

If you want people to embrace your bike share as public transit, they must perceive it to be as available and reliable as established options.

Finding a Connection: Exploring bike share as a tool for shortening the digital divide

November 24, 2015

Philadelphians are curious and excited about trying the city’s new bike share system, and next spring a pilot program will explore whether that excitement is enough to motivate people into learning digital literacy skills.

This nonprofit got low-income Buffalonians sharing cars — can they do it for bikes too?

November 19, 2015

More than 50 percent of Buffalo CarShare members are people of color, and 50 percent make a household income of less than $25,000 per year. Those are the demographics that equity-focused bike share systems—and other car share services—have only dreamt

A missing piece of the puzzle: Why bike share systems should focus more on casual users

November 9, 2015

Before you can change who uses bike share, you need to know who uses bike share and how they use it. What do systems really know?

Help us continue the conversation on bike share and equity

October 19, 2015

We want to know what training, workshops, activities or speakers would be most valuable to you and your organizations.

Can youth rides get more adults to ride bike share?

October 8, 2015

Organizers say what youth programming fails to do in terms of direct membership signups, it makes up for tenfold by building indirect awareness and—perhaps most importantly—by establishing goodwill among the community.

Request for Proposals: Creating equitable and replicable strategies for bike share

October 5, 2015

The PeopleForBikes Foundation, as part of the Better Bike Share Partnership, will make grants of $25,000 - $75,000 available to collaborations of non-profit community-based organizations, cities, and bike share operators.