Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bike Sharing

A Peek Into Metro Bike-Share’s Proposed Fare Structure

By Joe Linton | Nov 9, 2015 | 10 Comments

A Metro staff report available this week gives a peek into the proposed fare structure for the transit agency’s bike-share system, coming to downtown Los Angeles in 2016. Metro has contracted with Bicycle Transit Systems (BTS) to open a 60+ station, 1000+ bicycle system extending from Union Station to USC. The new report [PDF] recommends that the […]

Streetsblog’s Joe Linton on KCRW’s Press Play Today

By Joe Linton | Sep 30, 2015 | 1 Comment

Streetsblog Editor Joe Linton appeared on KCRW radio’s Press Play with Madeline Brand today at 12:45 p.m. Host Madeline Brand interviewed Linton and City of West Hollywood Mayor Lindsey Horvath about bike-share programs, bike safety, and Idaho stop laws. West Hollywood is implementing a 150-bike bike-share system, coming Spring 2016. WeHo’s “smart-bike” system, like Santa Monica’s, is not […]

Metro Bike-Share Update: 2016 Opening On Track, With No Title Sponsor

By Joe Linton | Sep 17, 2015 | 5 Comments

A few new bike-share details emerged at yesterday’s Metro Planning and Programming Committee meeting. Overall, Metro bike-share is on track to open in mid-2016 in downtown Los Angeles with 1000+bikes at 60+kiosks. The bike-share item before the committee was just a receive and file update [PDF], with no action taken. Metro published a request for […]

Open Thread: Yup, Bike-Share Is Coming

By Damien Newton | Aug 31, 2015 | 17 Comments

Friday, the City Council formally agreed with Metro to bring over 1,000 bike-share bikes to Downtown Los Angeles as soon as “sometime in 2016.” The cost of the system will be split between Metro (35%) and the City (65%). Proceeds from naming rights will go to Metro, and advertising from the bikes and kiosks to […]

Eyes on the Street: Breeze Bike Share Is Operational in SaMo

By Jason Islas | Aug 18, 2015 | No Comments

Los Angeles County’s first public bike-share system has begun testing this week in Santa Monica. Seven test hubs with a total of 31 bikes have been set up around the city. CycleHop, the company running the system, has recruited about 80 founding members as test users* to try out the bikes over the next month. […]

Metro Bike-Share Transit Integration and Pricing: What Do You Think?

By Joe Linton | Aug 4, 2015 | 19 Comments

There is a great new report out that shows that bike-share systems really are legitimate, full-fledged transportation facilities. The focus of the report is how bike-share interacts with other transit systems. The report is summarized in this excellent CityLab article. Researchers surveyed bike-share users in both Washington DC and Minneapolis. Bike-share users living in central city […]

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