Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Sharing

Citi Bike Debuts in New York City!

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 28, 2013 | No Comments

SF editor’s note: With Bay Area Bike-Share set to launch in August, this new Streetfilm documenting New York City’s bike-share launch yesterday gives us a preview of what’s to come. Details about Bay Area Bike-Share will be unveiled at an SFMTA open house this Thursday. Memorial Day 2013 marked a milestone in NYC transportation history: […]

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SF Officials, Advocates Take a Ride on BRT and Bike-Share in Mexico City

By Aaron Bialick | May 23, 2013 | 13 Comments

More than a dozen city officials and advocates traveled to Mexico City last week to experience firsthand the ease of getting around a city with robust bus rapid transit and bike-share system. The SF delegation, invited and paid for by organizers at the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, included Supervisors John Avalos, Scott Wiener, and […]

Intrepid KTVU Reporters Expose the Shocking Story of Bike-Share!

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 26, 2013 | 18 Comments

KTVU sure blew away viewers yesterday with its latest muckraking segment on the government scandal that is bike-share. My mind, for one, was blown by the audacity of KTVU’s comically disingenous attempt to paint bike-share as nothing more than an “obscure government agency’s latest spending spree,” as anchor Frank Somerville introduced it. “Even its strongest […]

SFMTA Releases Preliminary Map of Bike-Share Station Locations

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 25, 2013 | 21 Comments

The SF Municipal Transportation Agency has released a map of 41 locations [PDF] being considered for the first 35 bike-share stations in downtown SF. Six of those stations will be installed, “pending additional funding,” after the launch of the initial 350-bike pilot project, the agency’s website says. “With its abundance of factors conducive to bike-sharing and its high concentration of regional […]

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As Bike-Share Pilot Lurches Along, Supe Wiener Calls for Full-Scale Launch

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 5, 2013 | 17 Comments

While San Franciscans eagerly await the repeatedly-delayed launch of the Bay Area’s small-scale bike-share pilot program, which has now been downsized to a minuscule 700 bikes (350 of them in SF), Supervisor Scott Wiener says San Francisco needs to take the initiative to move ahead and launch a “full-scale system” throughout the city by next year. Wiener plans […]

Yet Another Bike-Share Delay: Launch Now Set for Summer 2013 or Later

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 13, 2012 | 12 Comments

Bike-share in the Bay Area will now arrive no sooner than the summer of 2013, roughly a year and a half after the original launch date, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Alta Bicycle Share, the chosen vendor, is still negotiating a contract with agencies in the five cities in which the […]

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