Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bike Sharing

Real-Time Bike-Share Maps Show America’s Got Some Catching Up to Do

By Noah Kazis | Oct 21, 2010 | No Comments

A fantastic new visualization of 16 bike-share systems around the world lets you see how people are using public bikes from London to Melbourne. You can watch animated graphics, for example, of bikes getting picked up in one part of town and dropped off in another during rush hour. The site, created by Oliver O’Brien, […]

Dispatch from Paris: The Delights of Vélib

By Leah Shahum | Sep 28, 2010 | 11 Comments

Editor’s note: This is the second part in an occasional series of dispatches from Europe from Leah Shahum, the executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, who is on sabbatical there. I’ve visited Paris four times in the past 25 years, but it was not until a recent trip a few weeks ago that […]

Today Denverites Ride Public Bikes. Tomorrow They’ll Speak Esperanto.

By Ben Fried | Aug 4, 2010 | No Comments

The Colorado governor’s race was always going to be one for sustainable transportation advocates to keep an eye on. The likely Democratic nominee, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, has built a solid resume of support for transit and bicycling. But recent events suggest the green transportation/livable streets stakes may be waaaaay higher than expected. Dan Maes: […]

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Major Bike Mojo in Minneapolis

By Elizabeth Press | May 3, 2010 | No Comments

In a surprising choice, the May edition of Bicycling Magazine named Minneapolis America’s best city for biking. The city still trails Portland, Oregon in the percentage of commuters who bike to work (4.3 percent to 5.9 percent, respectively, according to the most recent American Community Survey), but Minneapolis has been gaining momentum. Next month, Minneapolis will launch the […]

Here’s to the Other 364 Earth Days

By Matthew Roth | Apr 22, 2010 | 10 Comments

I’m guessing some of you might share my distaste for the once-a-year gaga over the Earth, especially when it takes the form of NBC changing its logo color or Chevron touting its environmental record. I’m not saying we shouldn’t be thinking about cutting greenhouse gases or leaving the car at home to walk, bike, or […]

Sponsors Sold on Health, Economic Benefits of Minneapolis Bike-Share

By Ben Fried | Feb 8, 2010 | 1 Comment

Don’t count out Boston just yet, but it looks like Minneapolis may be the first American city out of the gate with a public bicycle system of 1,000 bikes or more. Last week, the non-profit Nice Ride Minnesota selected the Public Bike System Company (the same firm behind Montreal’s Bixi) to install its system, which […]

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