Boris-bikes - or rather, Bloomberg-bikes - arrive in NYC

JamieLei · **Posted:** Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:59 pm

Just to annoy Ameecher even more, another cross-posting from Facebook:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2013/04/08/e ... ions-begin

So what cities currently have publicly-operated bike sharing schemes? Off the top of my head: London, Paris, Barcelona, - those are the ones I'm aware of because I've seen them myself, although I've never actually looked into it.

doktorhonig · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 7:02 am

Vienna has some as well: http://www.citybikewien.at/

APDAF · **Joined:** Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:26 pm **Posts:** 2401

I wonder how long before a fat person breaks them all.

jor[D]1 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 10:51 am

Ascoli Piceno in Italy has a similair bike system. If I remember correctly I also saw systems in other Italian city's.

In the Netherlands there is a country wide system Called OV-fiets. (Only at train stations)
Map: https://maps.google.nl/maps?q=http://ww ... 79&t=w&z=8

It works more or less similair and even has the possibility to rent a e-bike or scooter.

Ameecher · **Posted:** Tue Apr 09, 2013 11:01 am

The Germans have them or certainly did run by Deutsche bahn mainly at stations but drop offs across cities. Certainly saw them in cologne and Berlin.

kamnet · **Posted:** Thu Apr 11, 2013 2:53 am

Lexington, KY had a "Yellow Bikes" program from 2007 to 2010, funded by the non-profit Downtown Lexington Corporation. Overall the program was considered a success but the cost of maintaining the bikes became too prohibitive and people were not willing to pay more than $10 to rent them for a few hours at a time. Previously they tried renting them for as long as you needed them, but found that some of the bikes were being taken out of the downtown area (as far away as surrounding counties) or were being damaged and not reported. The city is now looking at implementing its own program with a bike kiosk rental system.

supermop · **Posted:** Tue Apr 30, 2013 8:17 pm

Tried using a similar system last week in Souzhou, but while the bike kiosks were ubiquitous, there were only two places in the city that distributed the cards to use the system. Not at all tourist friendly, but seemed very popular with local residents for quick runs around espescially in the old city - Souzhou's metro is still quite undersized at only two lines.

There is a bike stand near my apartment, and I may end up using these instead of my actual bike as then i'd never have to worry about where it's locked up or bringing it inside.

The best case though would be if it get tons of non-bikers riding for last mile (more like 1/8th mile in NYC), or for lateral moves during the day, as this will increase cycling safety and respect for everyone in the city.

Railwaymodeler · **Posted:** Sun May 12, 2013 5:43 pm

kamnet wrote:

Lexington, KY had a "Yellow Bikes" program from 2007 to 2010, funded by the non-profit Downtown Lexington Corporation. Overall the program was considered a success but the cost of maintaining the bikes became too prohibitive and people were not willing to pay more than $10 to rent them for a few hours at a time. Previously they tried renting them for as long as you needed them, but found that some of the bikes were being taken out of the downtown area (as far away as surrounding counties) or were being damaged and not reported. The city is now looking at implementing its own program with a bike kiosk rental system.

Some grocery stores have a system similar to an invisible fence which locks the wheels of the shopping cart when it leaves the property. Perhaps this could work on a larger scale with the bikes?

Find the NYC idea to be interesting, considering that mayor Doomberg wants that ban on soft drinks over 16 ounces. Of course, we know what will happen: People will buy two of them, and he makes more off the sales tax that way. Apparently 1 24 ounce drink is unhealthy, but 2 16 ounce drinks are OK.

47407 · **Posted:** Mon May 13, 2013 12:38 pm

I always thought Bloomberg was a newspaper.

Railwaymodeler · **Posted:** Mon May 13, 2013 5:18 pm

47407 wrote:

I always thought Bloomberg was a newspaper.

There might be one of those too, I think the name Bloomberg also is associated with a business/financial newspaper or something.

Then there's the name Blomberg, as in Blomberg B and Blomberg M.

Pyoro · **Joined:** Fri Oct 17, 2008 12:17 pm **Posts:** 460

Ameecher wrote:

The Germans have them or certainly did run by Deutsche bahn mainly at stations but drop offs across cities. Certainly saw them in cologne and Berlin.

afaik they exist on every station with ICE connection. Or at most stations with ICE connection or something ^^

Kevo00 · **Posted:** Tue May 14, 2013 2:43 pm

Railwaymodeler wrote:

47407 wrote:

I always thought Bloomberg was a newspaper.

There might be one of those too, I think the name Bloomberg also is associated with a business/financial newspaper or something.

Then there's the name Blomberg, as in Blomberg B and Blomberg M.

The New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg founded and owns the Bloomberg financial news/data company.

Railwaymodeler · **Posted:** Tue May 14, 2013 7:18 pm

Didn't know it was the same Bloomberg. Makes sense though.

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