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Bay Area Bike Share Off to Underwhelming Start, Early Usage Data Shows
Some of the first usage data is in from Bay Area Bike Share. The data is rough, but the number of trips in the first 12 days is underwhelming compared to bike-share launches in New York or Washington, DC.
September 12, 2013
On the Peninsula, Demand Could Overwhelm Limited Bike-Share Launch
All the way down the Peninsula, excitement around the pilot launch of Bay Area Bike Share comes tempered with a dose of concern about the small number of bikes that will be clustered around Caltrain stations in five cities.
July 18, 2013
Bay Area Bike Share Memberships Now on Sale
Bay Area Bike Share started selling annual memberships at noon today, and judging by the buzz on Facebook and Twitter, it looks like hundreds of people have already signed up.
July 15, 2013
Bay Area Bike Share Releases Pricing and Membership Details
Bay Area Bike Share just got more official with a new website, Facebook and Twitter account.
June 26, 2013
SFMTA: New Curbside Space at Market and 10th Will Be a Bike-Share Station
In case you were wondering what would become of the newly empty curb space at Market and 10th Streets, where the traffic lane stripings were re-configured over the weekend, it turns out the SFMTA plans to put a bike-share station there.
June 11, 2013
“The Daily Show” on Citi Bike: “Doesn’t Anybody Have a Real Objection?”
Forget the ridership numbers: you know you've hit the big time when Jon Stewart and company spend a full nine minutes satirizing you at the top of "The Daily Show."
June 11, 2013
Meet Bay Area Bike Share
Update 4:53 p.m.: The SFMTA just launched a bike-share station crowdsourcing map (using, we should note, a tool from OpenPlans, Streetsblog's parent organization). The agency wants "people’s comments on where they would like to see Bay Area Bike Share stations as well as what they think of the initial 35 station locations," said spokesperson Ben Jose.
May 31, 2013
Citi Bike Debuts in New York City!
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.
May 28, 2013
SF Officials, Advocates Take a Ride on BRT and Bike-Share in Mexico City
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.
May 23, 2013