Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bike Sharing

Red Star Over Denver

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Maybe we should have made the bike less obvious. Red bikes? And what’s with the communist star? Photo: Treehugger Comrades, I write to you with bad news. Just as our campaign to undermine American society was beginning to bear fruit in places such as Irvine, Minneapolis and even the Capitol of this society, our plot […]

Hollywood Goes D.I.Y.

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Senator Barbara Boxer, in her ULI TOD Summit appearance, invoked the “Rule of 60” when she made the claim that 60% of our economy is made up of small businesses and that 60% of the small businesses in our community are struggling with credit and regulatory issues. Bearing witness to the validity of her claim […]

Thursday: Bike-Sharing Launches in Denver

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Earth Day is coming around the bend, and cities are timing their new green initiatives to coincide with the public’s heightened eco-consciousness. Here’s one we’re partial to: In Denver, Mayor John Hickenlooper and city leaders are using the occasion to launch their 500-bicycle, 50-station bike-share system. It will be the largest bike-share system in the […]

Bike Sharing Coming to USC and City Passes Rough Timeline for Anti-Harassment Ordinance. Speed Limit Increases Delayed.

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The City Council met today and discussed two cycling related issues.  The first was the ongoing discussion of whether or not the city should have a bike sharing program.  Second, the Council debated how to create an ordinance that would better protect cyclists from harassment. As predicted, Councilman Rosendahl moved to "re-open" the public record […]

Bike-Share: Not Just for French Commies

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In Montreal, theft is "not a major problem" for the bike-share network. Photo: TreeHugger. The New York Times ran a piece on VĂ©lib’s growing pains this weekend. The story is more thoroughly reported than the hatchet job we saw from the BBC back in February — no claims that bike-share in Paris will flame out […]