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Ford GoBike ‘Bike Angels’ Program and an Update on E-Bikes
In San Francisco, putting a bike share station at the top of a hill has predictable results. People are happy to rent one and roll on down the hill. Going the other direction, not so much. That results in empty bike share stations. "The topography challenge is very real," said Collin Waldoch, who manages the 'Bike Angels' program for the Bay Area and New York's bike share program.
June 11, 2018
Uber Acquiring Jump
The deal hasn't officially closed, but in all likelihood it will soon be possible for the driver of an Uber car to park in a bike lane and endanger the rider of an Uber bike.
April 9, 2018
What We Can Learn From the Runaway Success of UT-Austin Bike-Share
In the program's first 40 days, the campus bikes averaged 12 checkouts per bike per day. Why exactly did it work?
April 6, 2018
Bike-Share Launches in the East Bay
Other places may have had bike-share for a while, but the cities of the East Bay have had to wait while the kinks were worked out elsewhere. It was worth the wait.
July 11, 2017
SPUR Talk: Public-Private Partnership and the Future of Mobility
Uber, Lyft, Chariot, autonomous cars, bike share--business models and technology for urban mobility and transportation are changing at a quickening pace. How can governments and private enterprise work together to encourage and anticipate these innovations? That was the subject of a panel discussion with car share, bike share, government and tech executives at the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR)’s downtown San Francisco offices yesterday evening.
May 17, 2017
